Darkness

Written by StrawberryGirl87

Sequel to Memory. Something is coming, something dark and as the chosen one, Harry must stop it from becoming the next Dark Lord but something is happening to him that he can't explain and Draco just might hold all the answers. DRARRY, MPREG!

Chapter Two – The Secret

"Draco" Hermione called as they were all leaving platform 9 ¾'s. "Can I talk to you a minute, privately?" She asked and looking confused Draco nodded having no reason to distrust her. She motioned for Ron to go ahead and wait for her. Harry and Lucius too went on ahead curious as to what Hermione and Draco could possibly want to talk about that required privacy. When no one was within earshot of them she finally began speaking in hushed tones. "I need to talk to you about that potion you made."

"The one you sent to me?" Draco queried and Hermione nodded, "What about it?"

"I've been trying to develop it for a while, an assignment from the Ministry, to reverse the effects of memory charms that are otherwise irreversible or had gone wrong. I submitted it for Ministry approval weeks ago but they weren't able to approve it."

"Why, what's wrong with it, it clearly works well enough. Do you want me to take a look at it? I have access to all of Severus' personal potions notes. He tutored me for years."

"That would be fantastic," Hermione said forgetting for a moment in her excitement why she was talking to the Slytherin.

"Is that all?" Draco asked, eager to go and find Harry.

"Umm … no, not exactly," She said, not really knowing how to say what needed to be said. "There are some side effects to the potion which is why the Ministry haven't been able to approve it. It would have to come with some hefty warning labels and because it could be used for other purposes they said they couldn't approve it."

"Hermione," Draco warned, getting aggravated with her ramblings, "Get to the point, what side effects?"

"Did you have sex with Harry around the time he took the potion?" She blurted out and Draco looked at her as if she had gone mad.

"What business is it of yours?" He asked trying to think back to what was in the potion. When he had made it he had been too distracted by the sexual look in Harry's eyes and his concern for his lover had given him tunnel vision. Maybe if he had paid closer attention then he would have realised. Then it hit him, "Oh," He said in realisation.

"Do you know if he …"

"I don't know," Hermione admitted, "The possibility is small, when I tested the potion the woman found out that she was but Harry is male, I've never tested it on a man before. I don't know much about male pregnancies, they're impossible in the muggle world and I know Harry won't have any clue what's happening to him if he is. I can't be certain if he is or not but I thought if you knew you could watch him for me, I know he's powerful enough and so are you."

"Why didn't you tell me this before I gave it to him, I would never have …"

"How was I supposed to know that the two of you were sleeping with each other?" Hermione interjected, "It certainly wasn't what I was expecting. Then when everything happened at Malfoy Manor and you left I didn't know what to do. This is the first chance I've had to tell anyone."

Draco took a deep breath, trying to process what he had just been told. "No one else knows about this?" He queried and Hermione shook her head confirming this. "No one else is to find out until we find out if he is or not. I think the first person to know should be Harry. I don't want it all over the Daily Prophet before I can talk to him about it."

"Are you going to tell him before you know for sure?"

"No, I'm going to wait. There is no point in scaring him half to death for no reason. Thank you for telling me I suppose and I will take a look at the potion to get rid of this particular side effect."

"Thanks," Hermione said sheepishly, "Please keep me informed about Harry. I'm sorry Draco, I know this wasn't exactly what you had in mind."

"No, it isn't" He said stiffly.

"But you love him," She said watching the blonde carefully.

"Of course I do, I told my wife that I wanted to divorce. I had every intention of asking Harry to marry me once both our divorces were finalised."

"Had, as in past tense, would this change that?"

Draco hesitated but then after a second said; "No, I still love him more than I can bear. Nothing can change that. I just hope Harry can see it that way."

HPDM

Harry and Lucius stood awkwardly in the muggle section of Kings Cross station as they waited for Draco. Ron had gone off to find their car, not knowing what to say to his best friend and not wanting to be in the company of Malfoy senior. It had hurt Harry to be dismissed by Ron by a casual farewell and a wave but then he had known that it might take him a while to get used to the idea that he and Ginny were no longer together. Astoria had left before all of them, excited to go and see her boyfriend and tell him that Draco had agreed to the divorce. She had never loved her husband as much as she did that morning.

"I want to thank you Potter," Lucius suddenly said.

Harry looked at him, astounded, "For what?" He asked.

"You saved my son's life. I saw you step in front of him when that woman tried to kill him." It had been apparent that no one, not even Lucius had known the true identity of the woman who had taken ownership of Ginny's body. The Ministry were now working on figuring it out but for the moment all Harry could do was wait. "Did you know that the killing curse wouldn't affect you when you did it?"

"No, I've been trying to read up on it but there is nothing written about anyone surviving the killing curse accept for me as a baby. I've survived it twice now. I suspected that it wouldn't have any effect on me but I had never tested the theory. The other unforgivable curses I have tested with Ron's help and they didn't work on me but I couldn't be sure, I just didn't want him to get hurt."

"You could have died." Lucius stated simply.

"I know but that would have been better than living without him," Harry said as Draco and Hermione emerged from the hidden platform both looking a little concerned. Taking him by surprise Hermione came up to him, flinging her arms around him and squeezing him hard. "Whoa, what's all this for Mione?" Harry asked as she released him.

"Nothing, I'm just glad you're happy," She said, "I just had to have a word with Draco and make sure he knew that he'd have me to deal with if he ever hurt you."

"It was duly noted," Draco said dryly. Harry couldn't help but grin.

"Is Ron okay?" Harry asked. He was concerned for his friendship and didn't want to argue with him, not over something that made him so happy.

"He'll come around, it'll just take him some time to get used to the idea but I will talk to him. We're collecting Ginny this evening so she can stay with us for a few days."

"Thank you," Harry said taking his friend in his arms for another hug, "I'll come and see you tomorrow."

They parted on good terms, Hermione going to find her husband while Harry, Draco and Lucius found a quite area of the station and apperated home.