Chapter IV: Harrold Potter
After he left the wedding, Harry apparated straight to Grimmauld Place. He was greeted by Kreacher "Master Harry, it has been a long time since I last saw you. How have you been? Would you like me to prepare you a hot bath while you have tea in your library?" "That is so nice of you Kreacher, yes please do." He replied.
While waiting for his tea to be served, Harry sat in his library looking over the mails that were piled on his desk. It has been 3 years since he was here. He went thru all of them, scanning over the mails to see which important ones he missed. He was able to come across the wedding invitations and letters from Draco.
He was about to start reading them when Kreacher entered with his tea and cakes. "Master Draco has been here a couple of times during your absence, Sir" Kreacher said. "When was the last time he visited?" Harry asked. "The week after you've left he went here and was looking for you" the house elf started. "Did you tell him my whereabouts?" Harry cut him off. "No Master, I did not as you tell me not to. But the young Master Malfoy was devastated of your absence. You other friends went here as well" he went on.
When Kreacher left him, he started reading the letters from Draco, all of which is asking his whereabouts or when will they meet again but the last one was different. It said that he needs to see him and tell him something important. He wondered what could that be and looked back on the past few years of his life.
It has been a year after they have graduated in Hogwarts when he and Draco became a couple. They were inseparable; they were partners at work and would usually spend their free time lounging in Grimmauld Place. They had been on their third year when Lucius found out about it and went on rage. They were at the Manor that time since Lucius stepped out and was strolling about in London. They were not aware that he was back earlier than expected and caught them in Draco's room. Yes indeed, he had a fit about it.
After their heated argument at the Manor, he was not able to see Draco for two days and was not even able to report to the Auror Headquarters. He decided to drop by at the Manor but was told off by Lucius. He can't seem to find a way to check if Draco was alright since magic is prohibited within the Manor's premises. He doesn't know what else to do. He's desperate.
That night, he had a visitor who presented himself as Asterion Peverell. According to him, he is the half-brother of his great-grandfather, he is a half-blood. He chose to live as a muggle since his mother was a muggle. "And I did not want to bask with the image that my father's family had during that time. You see, it was much easier for me to live as muggle then. I got to study in Hogwarts too but after that, I just decided to leave everything behind and just visit my brother once in a while." He explained.
"You might be wondering what brought me here to you this night." He went on and Harry just simply nodded. "Well you see, I am getting older and I did not acquire any family when I was younger. I learned that I still have a family left. And that is you." He pointed at Harry. "What do you want from me?" He curiously asked. "Ah, my dear boy, of course! I need an heir. With all the wealth and property I have accumulated, I must leave it with someone worthy of it. I heard your story boy, and I know that you will be able to make my legacy grow even more than what I have made of it." He explained.
And that was the beginning of it. He was encouraged by his great-grandfather who wanted Harry to call him as Pops, short for Grandpops. Funny, he never had a chance to meet his grandfather and it feels great to finally have someone who is really blood-related to him. He was brought to live in Greece, sin his Grandpops' mother is Greek. He was taught and trained with all the things he needed to be a rightful heir of his muggle businesses and was even presented to the crowd but under the name of Harrold Potter so as not to attract the wizarding world's attention.
Even though he was living far away from England, there was no day that passed that he did not think about Draco. Until one day, he was able to see a copy of the Daily Prophet with Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass on the front page indicating that they are to be married. He crumpled the paper immediately and moved on to his next meeting. After a year, he got to visit their England office and had a chance to snoop around the Malfoy Manor. There he was able to see Draco cradling a baby while Narcissa was cooing at it. He felt disgusted and apparated back to his office. Ever since then, he was known to be as "Dirty Harry" to both business and lifestyle world of the muggles.
Later on, he found out from his Grandpops that he originally owned the Malfoy Manor before he was forced to sell it to the Malfoys. He had no choice back then but now he sees an opportunity to win it back since he had seen the downfall of Lucius Malfoy. When Harry learned of that, he immediately confided about his relationship with Draco in which his Grandpops felt for him. His Grandpops became his confidant as well as he is to him for a short span of time. He treated Harry as his own and filled up the missing pieces in his life.
"Well my boy, today we are able to acquire another property within the Malfoys area." His Grandpops boke to him one day. "It wouldn't be long be long when you will be required to go back to England to settle both business and personal matters. I heard that Old Lucius was already laid to rest and that your friends are about to be married. You know that we can't run from everything and that one point in your life you have to face these people." He went on.
"And to think that we were only talking about this the other week." Harry muttered under his breath. "Kreacher, I will not be staying here for long but do keep in touch and again, please do not tell anyone my whereabouts or what have I been doing for the past few years, a'right?" he called out to his house elf. "And also, thank you for maintaining the place. My friends are still welcome to stay here if they wish" he added before he went to take his hot bath prepared for him.