To address the person who said to not spend too much time on the children, I can't do that sorry. The kids are vital to this story's plotline. Each in their own unique way. And even though you can't see it now, it will come out in the future. Even though this is tagged as Drarry, other couples will be featured, and each will have their own spotlight and will be highlighted.

But onto better things, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I figured start out right with a new chapter, and yup, there is a crap ton of drama in this chapter. So please enjoy and review!

Slytherin's-New-Queen


As the first carriages pulled up to the steps outside of Hogwarts, the Guardians and the Wards all sat at their table. The table was as long as the Head table, where the teachers and the Headmistress all ate, and it was placed horizontally in the Great Hall as well. That way the Guardians were able to sit near their House table, while still sitting with the other Guardians. At the time Minerva thought that it was a good idea, but now as students began to trickle into the Hall, she could see how it gave them the perfect opportunities to stare and gawk at them.

Draco could see how Harry was fidgeting as more and more students began to enter the Hall. So far neither of the two youngest Weasleys or Granger had yet to come in, but Draco knew that is exactly who Harry was nervous about seeing. That and to see the reaction on the faces of the first friends that he had ever had. And Draco knew that as much as he hated the three of Harry's greatest friends, he wished that they would suck up their pride and make up with him. But the rational side of his brain knew that that might not happen, and if it comes down to it, he will be there for Harry as a show of solidarity. He picked up his little Kleo and placed her on his lap, scooting over to get closer to Harry. Penny was over on the other side of the table, wanting to sit next to Declan, Dean's little brother, until it was time for the sorting and dinner, so he was able to move right next to him. He grasped Harry's hand, the one that was clenching and unclenching his pants right above the knee. Harry looked down startled and followed the hand back to its owner. When his eyes met Draco's he smiled slightly, but it didn't make his eyes sparkle in the way that Draco has come to love.

"It will all be alright. Whether they don't like the fact that you have Penny, or not, you have everyone here at this table who understands what you are going through and even all the decisions you made when it pertained to her. If that can't accept that at all, then you don't need them, you have us, and the 7 of us now all share a bond that will follow us long after we graduate." Draco squeezed his hand lightly, and Harry answered back with a squeeze to Draco's hand. Harry closed his eyes and took a calming deep breath. He could do this no matter how it turns out in the end, he has made it through, and stopped two wars, he can face his friends.

"Thanks I needed that. I am just glad that Penny wasn't here to see me like that." Harry grinned.

"No matter what they say or do, just don't show your expressions. If you show how relieved you are that they forgive you then they think that they can hurt you all they want to and you will always forgive them. Or if you show them how hurt you are at their actions then they knew exactly how to hurt you every time. And they will use that to their advantage." Draco spoke sagely. Harry nodded, he knew that he could trust Draco, in a way they were in this together. All the other Guardians had someone else's biological child, or children, but they both had their own flesh and blood. Both coming about in unexpected ways and times, and both hidden from the public for their safety. So Harry knew that if everyone else didn't understand what he was going through, at least Draco did. Which was another reason altogether that he liked, and dare he say it, loved about it.


A couple more minutes had passed as more and more people began to enter the Hall. The tables to Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor all quickly filled and Slytherin sat there baren with only a few people, all of whom looked as if they would be told to leave at any moment. Their heads were bowed, their arms hugging themselves, and they were shaking fearfully, but you wouldn't be able to notice it unless you knew what to look for. And as Harry had once been in their position, he knew what to look for. He noticed as Professor McGonagall stood silently to go and meet the first years that the sorting was to start soon.

"Penny, it's time to come back to your seat please." Penny looked up at him with those eyes that were an anomaly all on their own. Penny had heterochromia, meaning she had one eye the same brilliant green as his, and the other one was the same bright blue ocean color as her mother. It was hard to tell that she had two eye colors unless she looked directly into someone's, most just thought that she had one of the two colored eyes.

Penny smiled and climbed down from the bench and began to go around the table, more or less skipping. Her dress flowing behind her.

Penny hated to wear pants or shorts, and she always chose a skirt or dress over such. Which is why her entire wardrobe consisted of such articles. Not to mention the entire dresser drawer of different stockings that she paired up with the outfits, and the ribbons and bows that had to have an entire little storage chest to house that she matched with her clothing. She was beginning to form a shoe collection too at the bottom of her wardrobe, but those didn't matter to her as much as her stockings, dresses, and ribbons. But Harry loved those little quirks about his daughter, and he knew soon with Kleo spending a lot of time with her, she was soon to develope the same habits.


It was just as Penny had reached her father, three other people approached them.

"Pateroúlis." Penny spoke frightfully. She hated new people being around her, and whenever she became scared, she reverted to speaking in her first language of Greek. Harry instinctively tensed up, his daughter was scared and he was willing to do anything to make her feel differently. He turned in his seated, and standing right behind his daughter, were the three people he had been most nervous to see today. But all those nerves went away when his daughter became scared. Ginny had her hand placed on Penelope's shoulder, stopping her from coming to him.

"Please remove your hand from my daughter's shoulder." Harry ordered in a threatening voice. Even if he still saw them as friends, and in Ron and Hermione's case, siblings, it wouldn't stop him from hurting them to protect his little girl. Harry seen how frightened his daughter was when he looked into her eyes, and on instinct he clenched his wand hand. His wand hidden in the holster that was strapped to his forearm under his long sleeved shirt. He was able to have his wand out and a spell cast in 7 seconds. He practiced because he knew that now his daughter was here, rogue followers of the Dark Lord wouldn't stop at nothing to avenge him.

Ginny just tightened her grasp of Penny's shoulder and grinned maliciously.

"Oh, stop it Harry, we just wanted to meet the squirt who you have hidden from us for so long. Well isn't she a little thing. Tan skin, she must have an exotic mother don't you agree dear brother?" Ginny spoke in a taunting tone that reminded everyone at the table who had been at the final battle of the crazed witch known as Bellatrix. Ron grinned evilly.

"Sure does. And what was that word that she spoke it definitely means she isn't from around here doesn't it?" Ron said.

"It was the Greek word for 'Daddy', Ron." Hermione spoke. She didn't hold any look of contempt on her face, but she also wasn't looking at Harry either.

"I can tell she had her 'Daddy' wrapped around her finger. He has probably spent a good chunk of his fortune on her already. But how does he really know that she is his? I thought that he was gay. Doesn't that mean that he couldn't get it up for a girl?" Ginny spoke. As soon as she began to bring Penny into her petty hate spew of Harry, all of the other Guardians tensed up and had their hands where their wands were located. In the past week every single one of them have grown to love Penny, she was a bright and cheerful little girl. Always so thoughtful. And every single one of them were not going to let them hurt her.

"If you do not unhand my daughter in the next few seconds, I will do something that I will not regret, but you will." Harry spoke his hands clenched tightly into fists.

"Aw, but Harry we have just began to have fun. Come on mate, can't take a joke?" Ron egged him on. Ginny sneaked her other hand onto Penelope's other shoulder, and dug her nails into her skin. Penny cried out. And Harry's wand whipped out at the speed of lightning. Terry, Wayne, Lily, Sophie, and Lavender all stood up with his wand directed at the three of them. Dean had his wand out also but silently casting protective charms around all the children sitting at the table, just in case a duel broke out. Draco had already sat his daughter on the bench and told her to stay quiet and he too, took out his wand and made his way to where the standoff was happening. As a pureblood, he was trained in multiple languages growing up and Greek was one of them.

"Mikró eísai entáxei? (Little one are you alright?)" He spoke gently. Penny shook her head, and tears formed in her eyes, she didn't like this, she wanted her Daddy.

The entire scene had everyone looking at them. And all of the Professors were still out aiding the final students, so no one stopped what was happening.

"I cannot take a joke when it is at the expense of my daughter. Now you have five seconds before I obliterate you." Harry spoke in a harsh voice. At that threat Ron and Hermione withdrew their wands.

"You can't win against the both of us Harry. Besides it was you who trained us." Hermione spoke up once more.

"Yes I did train you, which means that I know all of your tricks. But what you don't know is that I was almost in Slytherin, meaning I would never show you everything that I can do. And unless you don't release my daughter, you will find out exactly what I can do." Harry said cruelly, a man will stop at nothing for the safety of his child, and just because he was young, Harry was no exception.

Hermione began to lower her wand, seeing as what he spoke made enough sense in her mind, when Ron shouted out "Diffindo!" The jet of light shot towards Harry but missed by a wide range, allowing it to shoot past him and towards the children. But the protective spell that Dean cast allowed the spell to be absorbed, leaving no one harmed. But the act of trying to injure her father, made Penny begin to scream at the top of her lungs. Ginny had her hands applying pressure down on Penny, making her knees buckle, but still Penny kept screaming. Harry had his wand out in an instant, with a curse on his lips when a blinding flash of light, a thunderous bang, and three other voices screaming.


Penelope, the daughter of Harry Potter, whose children were bound to have an extreme amount of power, had unintentionally used her magic in an effort to protect her father and herself from the three people who she didn't like. The flash of light was her magic bursting out of her body, making Ginny's hands burn until she released the child, blinding Ron and causing extremely painful boils on Hermione, making all of them scream.

At the same time as Penny was using her magic, the doors burst open with Snape and McGonagall heading an army of teachers, all of whom thought that the school was once more under attack. All of them stopping dead in their tracks as they took in the scene. Students of all the houses standing up, wands pointing at Ronald Weasley, Ginny Weasley, and Hermione Granger who were all standing near the table of the Guardians. The child Penelope Potter standing just inches in front of them glowing a bright and angry red color. Ron was clawing at his eyes, Hermione was clawing at her skin as boils continually surfaced and popped and oozed. And Ginny waving her hands which were burned black and skin falling off of them, leaving the bones to be seen. All of the Guardians aiming their wands at the three cursed students, while the other children all cowered underneath the table, flashbacks of their worst days playing in their mind.

"What is going on here?!" McGonagall shouted. The light surrounding Penny died suddenly as she collapsed. Harry using his Quidditch skills, reacted quickly and caught his daughter before she fell to the stone floor. She was still awake, but just barely. Students around the entire Hall lowered and put away their wands, as well as sat down. But Ron, Ginny, and Hermione all continued to scream. Severus quickly casted a silencing charm over them to shut them up.

Luna Lovegood appeared out of nowhere next to the Headmistress and spoke.

"It was Ron, Ginny, and Hermione who started it ma'am. Harry seen you go out of the room and called for his daughter to come over and get ready for the feast when those three approached. Ginny grabbed the child and wouldn't release her. Harry gave them ample opportunity to do so, but both her and Ron taunted Harry. All the while Ginny kept hold of Penny making her scared to death. The other adults around the table stood and raised their wands, in an effort to scare the three of them off with show of power and amount of people. Harry gave them two more chances to release Penny but they wouldn't. Then Ron threw the first curse, a cutting curse, at Harry, which missed and went towards the other children. Someone had thankfully casted a protection charm around them so no one was injured, but it scared Penny who started to scream. Ginny didn't like that and wanted to shut her up so she pushed down on the child, almost breaking her legs with the force. Penny didn't like that so she used her magic, which was that light around her, allowing Ginny to release her, and punish the three of them at the same time. Only two people casted anything in the room, and that was Ronald and little Penny." She explained to the group of teachers, but with the acoustics in the room, everyone heard.

McGonagall was shocked and appalled by her Lions' behavior. She sighed as she took it all in.

"Who here can vouch for the story that Miss Lovegood has just told?" She asked. Neville Longbottom stood up.

"I can."

All around the room, every single person stood and spoke their agreements.

'Well, this just got better, didn't it?' McGonagall thought. Harry had every student ready to vouch for him, if only for saving them all from a tyrant.

"Well, let's get these four to the Infirmary. Prioritize Miss Potter first. Let the others suffer for going after harmless children." She spoke and Harry walked towards where she was with his daughter in his arms. A few teachers headed in the other direction to collect the miscreants. As Harry walked past her, she stopped him.

"Thank you Potter, for not using your magic first before words. It really shows how that little girl is maturing you. You have finally began to act reasonably instead of rashly." She spoke and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. He smiled briefly at her, but he was too worried about his little girl to do much more than that. Before he could turn around, Draco and Kleo were right next to him.

"What?" Darco said when Harry gave him a weird look.

"Why aren't you going to go and get food and watch the sorting?" Harry replied.

"Well two reasons actually. One, because Kleopatra won't be able to sit still as she waits to hear news on her best friend. And two, because I am not going to leave you with those thoughts that I know will go flying around your head as you try to think about what is happening. Not to mention, you will need someone to support you. And trust me, I am the best man for the job." And with that explanation, Draco forcefully turned Harry back around and pushed him gently in a sign of 'Get Going'.