Chapter 1

The two boys walked silently down the corridor. Neither talked, nor glanced at each other the entire time. Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter were sworn enemies. When they walked into Defence Against the Dark Arts class, the were shocked when the Professor sent them to the Headmistresses office. Lost in their own thoughts, they walked silently up to the gargoyle. Before either of them could mutter the password, the gargoyle sprang aside and let them up the staircase. Without a glance at the other boy, Draco stalked forward and began the climb up the stairs. He was vaguely aware of the other boys presence behind him. Once they both were standing in front of the solid oak door that blocked them from the Headmistresses office, Harry raised his hand and knocked once. They barely had to wait a moment before they were being welcomed into the office.

What they saw when they entered was a shock to them. There in one chair was Narcissa Black-Malfoy, poised and graceful. In the other chair slouched a man, with black hair and brown eyes. Draco caught Harry looking questioning at the man, but passed it off so he could go and greet your mother.

"Hello mother" Draco said as he came to stand in front of his mother

"Hello Draco" she replied standing to give him a hug s he kissed her on the cheek

"How are you doing?" he asked as another seat next to her appeared and he sat down

"Well enough" she replied "You?"

"Not bad." he replied giving his mother a warm and caring smile that caused Harry to gawk at him with surprise and horror

"How is that secret girlfriend of yours?" she asked with a knowing smile

"You should know just as well as I mother" he smirked at her knowing smile "It is my understanding that you two write to each other quite frequently"

"If you don't mind Mr. Malfoy, may we get on with the reason as to why you and Mr. Potter were called here?" asked Professor McGonagall

"Yes. Sorry Professor" Draco said as he turned his expression back to neutral and sat back in his chair

"Narcissa, would you like to proceed, or shall I?" asked McGonagall

"I will Grandmother" Narcissa said causing Harry and Draco to look between the two women in shock before Narcissa turned to Draco "When I was at school here, I fell in love with a man that my family hated. Your aunt Andromeda is the only one who supported the relationship. I didn't know at the time that my parents had set up an arranged marriage with your father's parents for me and him to be married after I was done school. The marriage however didn't stop me. The man and I developed a strong and loving relationship. Even after your father and I were married. We used all the contraceptive charms we knew to keep me from getting pregnant. Then when your father found out that with the dark mark, he could only produce an heir with a women who had the dark mark. I offered to get one only so that I could have the child that I so desperately wanted, and that he needed. Fortunately for me, he refused to let me get me one. He said he would rather die and wipe the Malfoy name for good from the pages of history, then have me take the mark. Me and him came to a understanding. I would conceive a child with another man as long as you came to look like me in the end. Seeing as how Lucius was almost positive that by him refusing to let me have the dark mark it meant that he would be killed, he wrote in his will that the man and I had his blessing to have a publicized relationship"

"So... If I understand this correctly, Lucius Malfoy is not my father?" Draco asked with a touch of hope in his voice

"No" Narcissa said reaching for Draco's hand and a kind warm smile "He isn't"

"Then who is?" asked Draco

Narcissa looked deep into his stormy grey blue eyes with her own tear filled ones and mutter the one name Draco was not expecting.

"James Potter" she said not taking her eyes off of her sons

"WHAT!" exclaimed both Harry and Draco as they jumped up from their seats and stared daggers at Narcissa with the exact same expressions and posture as each other

Before they could move a muscle any further, the strange man stood up and coughed to get their attention.

"Draco. Harry. Sit down" he said in such a tone that caused Harry to sit down somewhat defeated and Draco to turn towards the man and challenge him.

"What makes you think you can tell me what to do?" spat Draco fiercely

"Because I am your father Draco Severus Black-Potter" spat James back

Too stunned to retort, Draco gracefully sat back down in the seat he had occupied.

"Well... now that is out, why don't we talk about housing arrangements?" asked McGonagall

"In a moment Professor. I just have a few questions for my... parents. I am amusing Potter has a few to ask as well" he said before looking up at her "May we ask, or shall we wait?"

"I agree with Malfoy" Harry said speaking up

"You may ask" she responded smiling slightly "And seeing as how you are brothers, I suggest referring to each other with first names is suitable"

"First off... I thought James Potter was dead, along with his wife Lily?" asked Draco ignoring what McGonnagall had said

"Lily is." James responded "It was a decoy of mine that was killed alone side her that night"

"Is Lily, Harry's real mother?" asked Draco silencing Harry with a hand

"Yes, she is" James responded looking down ashamed

"How the hell does that work!" asked Harry flushed

"I was in love with Narcissa in school and Lily was in love with Remus Lupin." James responded "When I was approached by Narcissa to have a child with her, there was no way I could refuse it. It was a dream come true for me. Well... somewhat of a dream come true. A week after she had informed me that she had conceived a child, I was approached by Remus and Lily. He wanted to be with her, but because of his dangerous condition and seeing as how we were living in a time of war, he wanted someone to take care of her for him and protect her until after, when they would divorce each other and go on to be happy with whoever they chose. They both knew how much in love with Narcissa I was that they chose me because they knew I only thought of Lily as a sister"

"Okay... but how did she become pregnant with me then?" asked Harry

"Our 'wedding night', if you so wish to call it that. We both took a potion that gives you the same side effects of being drunk so that we would not remember it the next day" James said before seeing Harry's puzzled look "In the wizardry world a marriage is only official once it has been consummated Harry. We had to or else the ministry would of been notified and we would of been in trouble. Weather we liked it or not, we had to. We had no idea we conceived until she had a visit from her friend Diantha Lovegood who took one look at her and bluntly said 'your knocked up'"

"Who was the decoy?" asked Harry and Draco together

"... Remus' brother." James said silently

"Remus had a brother?" Harry asked

"Yes. Rylan. He was guarding Lily for me while I was on a mission for the order. I arrived back just after Hagrid had left with Harry. Sirius told me what happened and that Harry was safe and then we went and waited for Dumbledore in the Forbidden Forest. After explaining to him what happened, he put me in hiding until it was safe for me to return." James explained "He kept me well informed of your comings and goings Harry. Even told me all about your detentions and your achievements. He would let me see his memories of your Quiddatch games. He even kept me well informed of Draco's as well. I must say, I wasn't impressed when I was told you to weren't friends."

"Separate houses" Draco said

"That is no excuse Draco. I became rather good friends with Severus in my last years of Hogwarts. He is the reason you look the way you do. You should have black hair like Harry." James said

"What?" asked Draco

"When you were born Draco, you had a head full of black hair. We could of kept it that colour and just said that you got it from my side of the family. Severus however pointed out that you didn't look enough like Lucius to do that and it wold raise to many speculations. So he made a semi-permanent polyjuice potion. It has worked since." Narcissa said

"So... I should have black hair?" asked Draco

"Yes" she said

"By semi-permanent, what do you mean?" asked Draco curiously

"It's a spell. After you were told, any time you looked at yourself in the mirror, you would see yourself with black hair and anyone who knows who you truly are would see you with black hair. However, they would be unable to say anything but blonde." James said

A long and awkward silence filled the room. Harry and Draco refused to look at each other. James kept looking between both boys hoping to see them acknowledge each other. Narcissa refused to look anywhere but Draco. She knew this would be hard for him.

"Are there any more questions?" asked McGonnagall trying to ease the room into more conversation

"Just one. How can James suddenly be here? The whole world thinks he is six feet under and dead cold" Draco asked "Not to mention Voldy Moldy will be pretty ticked off if he finds out the man he thought he had killed was fully alive"

"Because Voldemort has finally died" Professor McGonagall explained speaking up "Along with all of the other true Death Eaters"

"HOW?" exclaimed Draco

"Draco" warned James as he sat back and sat in the same way Draco was, causing Narcissa to smirk in the direction of her son

"One of our spies gave some of his hair to Harry for a polyjuice potion and during a meeting early yesterday morning Harry killed Voldemort and all but him and one other stayed alive" responded McGonagall

"Who was the spy?" asked Draco nervously

"Severus Snape" McGonagall responded seeing a look of relief flood his face

"Do either of you have anymore questions?" asked Narcissa

"Just one" Draco said "How is it that I am able to collect stuff other then money from the Malfoy vault if I am not a Malfoy?"

"The spell says that only a Malfoy can produced an heir, Lucius and I researched into it and we found a flaw" she said smirking "As long as the women is married into the Malfoy family, any child of hers, as long as she bears the Malfoy name is a Malfoy heir"

"So to everyone besides us here in this room, I am their only heir to the Malfoy name and fortune" Draco said with curiosity

"Yes." Narcissa replied smiling

"I have a question" interjected Harry "It is a bit off topic. Why did Narcissa refer to you as Grandmother, Professor?"

"Because, I am her Grandmother" responded Professor McGonagall "My daughter being who she was, hated me and her father because we respected Muggles and Muggleborns. She eloped with Narcissa's father and forbade any of her family to contact her or her children. When Narcissa was thirteen and her sister Andromeda was eighteen, they came across old family photos of their mother growing up. When they saw a picture of myself holding their mother with my late husband standing behind us, they came to see me and him right away to get the story straight. We have been in contact since. I don't believe my daughter ever knew"

"She did, I flooed Andromeda over as she was on her death bed and we told her together" Narcissa said smirking causing McGonagall to burst into laughter, causing Harry and Draco to cast uneasy looks at each other

The talk lasted a few more minutes before the bell rang out for dinner. After bidding his mother goodbye, Draco turned and ran down the stair case, trying to get as far away from Harry as he could. He wanted to avoid talking to him for as long as possible, or until her got over the initial shock of having a different Dad and a brother. When he entered the corridor, he saw his group of friends standing by the gargoyle, waiting for him. He stalked over to them and grabbed the one mismatched person in the group. He pulled her close to him and kissed her with such passion that she was stunned for longer then a moment. After she regained her senses, she kissed him back just as passionately. Hearing a cough coming from one of the other occupants of the group, they pulled apart only to continue staring into each others eyes. When he spoke, he spoke loud enough for everyone in the corridor to hear. What he said, it shocked the rest of the people of the corridor.

"I love you Ginny Weasley" he said before kissing her again.

He said it with such passion and love, that not a soul could mistake it for lust. The grin on his face was so genuine that people thought he was going to have to be checked into the nearest insane asylum. Grinning just as much as he was, she responded with the same response, in the same way.

"I love you Draco Malfoy" she said before he took hold of her hand and started to walk her down the corridor

As they passed the gargoyle Draco glanced over and saw Harry standing there with a shocked expression on his face. With a nod of his head to Draco in acknowledgement and acceptance, and a nod from Draco to Harry in acknowledgement and thanks, the two boys parted with a silent agreement and understanding. They didn't have to be the best of friends, but they were brothers.