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Everyone began to make their way to the dining room eager for the evening meal to commence. The dining room, like the rest of the house was exquisitely decorated and upon stepping into the large room Harry found himself very much reminded of the great hall during the Yule ball in his fourth year. The room was reminiscent of an ice palace with glittering white and silver decorations adorning the walls, Windows and ceiling. The chairs that had originally surrounded the large table were now made of a beautiful, pure-white wood and the cushioning was covered with a shimmering silver fabric. Harry allowed himself to be led over to a chair and Scorpius pulled it out for him before tucking him into the table.

Glancing to his right Harry found Cygnus, who offered him a broad grin before he turned back to the conversation he was having with his own mate. The rest of the family trickled in seating themselves with excited anticipation for the meal. Casting a glance round the table Harry found himself smiling as he saw Snape sat next to Lucius who was being helped by Narcissa as he settled into his chair, once again with additional arms. The older man still looked rather drawn but he was definitely getting some colour back into his cheeks. Sat on Snape's other side was Draco who was next to Chaos, who in turn was next to Lorcan. Harry's ex-rival looked worse than his father at the moment; Draco's eyes were ringed with dark circles and he looked dreadfully pale and sickly. Harry noticed how Chaos had a hand on the blonde teen's back, rubbing soothing circles to try and ease his discomfort. It was clear that the younger boy was using some kind of magic as Draco was visibly relaxing a little and offered a grateful smile to his petite mate. Harry was curious about Chaos, he had seen what the teen had done for Lucius, plus he didn't use a wand and seemed to be rather powerful. Harry stored these thoughts away for later vowing to ask Scorpius about it all at another time.

As everyone was finally settled Loukas stood from his seat at the other end of the table,

"I just wanted to say a few words before we started to eat. It has bee a hard year for everyone and we have been through a lot, but I feel that all being here together for the first time in three years, we can all overcome our demons and move into the new year with more positivity and a new outlook for the future. I also wanted to officially welcome our newcomers to the family, please know that that it is a joy to be getting to know you and that if you are ever in need to a place to go or people to be with, no matter what the reason, you could always come to any of us and we would be more than delighted to have you; you are a part of the Malfoy family now and we take good care of each other. Finally, because I know that you are all eager to eat and that the house elves are bursting to present the food, I just wanted to say that this has been one of the best Christmas Holidays I have had in a long time, so Merry Christmas everyone I hope we have many more together to come." Settling himself back down everyone else echoed the sentiment before turning their attention to the table where a variety of dishes were beginning to appear.

Harry found himself awe of the magnificent feats that lay before them, he had thought that the dinner from the other night bad been amazing, but this, this blew that out of the water and into the stratosphere. Not wanting to waste a moment Harry began to fill his plate, taking a little of each of the meats before choosing a few of the potatoes, vegetables and other side dishes that were scattered around the table near him. Next to him Scorpius had piled his plate and was shovelling his food down as if it were about to disappear any moment. The elder not only slowed down after a smack to the shoulder and a sharp glare, Harry had simply rolled his eyes in exasperation at his boyfriend's atrocious manners.

The entire family had eagerly dug into the fantastic spread before them and small smatterings of conversation interrupted the silence that accompanied them as they all ate. Looking around at everyone Harry found himself smiling again as he saw Lucius avidly talking to Snape, a bright smile lighting the blonde man's face. However, glancing to Snape's other side it was clear that Draco was feeling utterly awful; the blonde boy was shockingly pale and his face had taken on a slightly green hue around the edges. Chaos had put a little food on the blonde's plate but Draco honestly looked like anything he ate would make a rapid reappearance. As they sat there Chaos was eating his own food but he was also watching Draco with clear concern. Turning back to his own food Harry eagerly tucked in, spearing a tender piece of lamb and some mashed potatoes in his fork: he was not disappointed, it was divine.

It was maybe five minute later when everyone jumped as Draco's chair fell backwards hitting the floor with a loud bang in his haste to run from the room. Narcissa went to get up but Chaos quickly waved her back down, setting his knife and fork down he quickly excused himself before hurrying after his boyfriend. Draco had dashed to the nearest bathroom but hadn't made it, losing his control he found himself heaving over the expensive carpet of the hallway, his whole body trembling with fever and sickness. Sliding down the wall as far away from the mess he had made he pressed his head into his knees desperately willing himself to stop shaking. It was as he leant to the side to heave again that he felt the cool but gentle hand against the back of his neck. Chaos instantly began trying to draw some of the discomfort and he managed a little but Draco still continued to expel everything he had eaten into the floor. Summoning in a bowl and a damp cloth Chaos settled him back against the wall. The bowl in his lap as he continued to heave. Settling the damp cloth over the back of his neck Draco sighed and leant wearily against his mate's smaller shoulder. Chaos began to murmur soothing words to him as he breathed through another wave of nausea, the gentle hand carding through his sweaty hair helping to ground him and soothe him.

After a few minutes Draco's stomach had settled a little and Chaos eased him up banishing the mess that had been left with a small flick of his fingers. Ushering his feverish boyfriend down the hallway he led the blonde into one of the bathrooms a little to get cleaned up. Draco settled on the toilet seat and watch as Chaos summoned his toothbrush and toothpaste, handing the lasted brush to him and waiting for him to brush the foul taste from his mouth. Next a fresh shirt was summoned and he allowed Chaos to help him into it. It was relief to get out of the horridly sweaty shirt but he still felt rather into one of the sitting rooms Draco curled up miserably beside his boyfriend on the sofa, his head resting in Chaos' lap, who gently stroked the blonde locks back from his torrid forehead, upon feeling his forehead the younger boy called for a house elf and asked them to bring a cold glass of water as Draco was dehydrated. Draining the glass in small sips Draco was then allowed to nap a little in the quiet comfort of his boyfriend's company.


Back in the dining room everyone had finished the meal and Loukas had quickly gone off to check in the pair who had not returned. When the eldest Malfoy returned he reassured them all that while it was clear Draco was not well, Chaos definitely had everything under control and so they had nothing to worry about. It was nearing 7:30 and soon their guests would be arriving ready for the firework display at 8:30. Everyone began to go to get up from the table when an owl suddenly came swooping in, a steaming red envelope clutched in its beak. Everyone looked a little alarmed at the letter was dropped right in front of Harry who looked very nervous. The letter began to emit more and more steam until Harry reached forwards with shaky hands and pried the envelope open.

It was mere seconds before the derisive rant began,

"Harry James Potter, how dare you?! How could you turn your back on this family after everything that we have done for you? You have betrayed us in the most despicable way, consorting with our well known enemy, you have immersed yourself in the impure and traitorous family and you should know that if you continue to betray us in this way then you will never be welcome back. It pains us to do this but you must see that you are in the wrong, all we have ever wanted to do is help and support you so that you are set in the right path in life, yet then you go and do this. We can help you dear you only have to ask, we can come and rescue you from the death eater filth you have no need to be scared, you should not fear them as they are well beneath you, you could so much better Harry, but until you see that we cannot do anything to help. We can only hope that you will finally understand how stupid and selfish you are being soon so that we can sort everything out and get you back in the place you belong. If you do not chose to heed our warnings then be prepared to feel the wrath of the many people who followed you, those people that you are betraying, you will not get away with it we will ensure that. Hoping to hear from you soon, dearest love the Weasley family, Hermione Granger and the order of the Phoenix." As the letter spontaneously combusted Harry and the rest of the Malfoy family could only feel confused as they tried to wade through everything that had been said in the extremely bipolar message. Harry looked to Scorpius saying instantly,

" You know that none of that is true right? You are not beneath anyone else and your family is amazing and I love you. The only help they have offered is in manipulating me to ensure that I am Dumbledore's perfect little soldier and now that the war is over it into ensure that I a. Kept in check as the old man doesn't like to feel out of control especially where I am concerned. To be perfectly honest I could not give a toss as to the opinions of the Wizarding World, they are forever changing their minds about me so it would be nothing new, I want to stay here with you and your family, and that is what I shall do." Hesitantly glancing at the family round that table Harry was relieved to see their grins, Lucius was the one to speak up,

"We are more than happy to have you Mr Potter, and we wouldn't have it any other way." Happy offered a thankful smile,

"Please just call me Harry, I know that everything has not been smooth between us but I would like for that to change." Lucius nodded,

" I would like that as well, and you must call me Lucius, Harry." Harry's smile brightened. The exchange was interrupted as a house elf appeared announcing that there were visitors arriving.

Heading into foyer Harry kept a firm grasp on Scorpius' hand as they followed the Loukas to the entrance hall accompanied by Lorcan and Cygnus while everyone else headed into the largest drawing room. The guest began to arrive via both the floo and the front door. Harry grinned, throwing his arms around Neville, followed by Luna who had both come with Neville's grandmother who was a rather intimidating woman upon appearance, however upon being introduce Harry found that she had a wicked sense of humour and was an incredibly open person. Across the way Scorpius was greeting some his own friends and Harry excused himself from the trio to quickly go and say hello. As he looked around at the arrivals he noticed that a few of Draco's friends were here and looked a little bewildered amongst all the activity .particularly as Draco was not here to welcome them. Their parents were being welcomed by Loukas who handed coats and bags off to the house elves who were popping back and forth from the cloak room with impeccable synchronicity.

It was as Harry was headed back to Neville and Luna that he caught sight of the two boys stood with Lorcan and Cygnus,

"Oliver?!" The taller of the new pair turned to see Harry and gaped. Hurrying over the older boy swept him up into a hug,

"Harry it has been a while, you look amazing. What are you doing here?" As the pair had been embracing Scorpius had come over as well as Cygnus, Lorcan and Oliver's unknown companion. As the pair stepped away from each other they blushed at the odd looks everyone else was giving them. Harry sidled up next to Scorpius as he explained,

"Oliver, this is Scorpius Malfoy my mate, Scorp this is Oliver Wood, he was the captain of the Quidditch team in my first and second year, he is someone I have kept in contact with." Oliver chuckled,

"I always knew that you couldn't make anything easy for yourself, how did your friend's take everything?" Harry frowned a little,

"Not well, neither Ron or Hermione are talking to me, nor the majority of the rest of my house, plus I think that the entire Weasley family has basically disowned me from their sudo family." It was at that moment that Oliver's mystery companion stepped forwards, Harry blanched s little as he saw the familiar red hair, however the person it belonged to, while obviously a Weasley, was not familiar, the young man smiled at Harry,

"Harry, I believe we have not met. I wanted to apologise for my family, my mother and father have always been very stubborn and set in their ways and unfortunately that seems to have rubbed off on the majority of my siblings. Any way, I am Charlie it is great to finally meet the little brother that Ollie is always going on about. I want you to know that I don't agree with my family and I think that it is definitely the right move for you to break away from Dumbledore and his rather destructive need to have control. You should be happy and if this is the path that leads you to happiness then you should pursue it." Harry blushed a little as did Oliver, but he stepped forwards a brought Charlie into a hug,

"Thank you, you have no idea how much that means to me. I look forwards to getting to know you, I will rather boldly assume that you are the boy that Oliver raved about during his final year, the one that he was destined to marry." As Harry spoke Oliver groaned in embarrassment and hid his face in his fiancées arm causing the surrounding people to laugh.

The gathered group all began to move towards the drawing room, Harry ended up walking next to Blaise Zabini and he turned to the Slytherin boy saying,

" Draco has been unwell, I don't know where he and Chaos are at the moment but I would think that if Draco is feeling a little better they will soon join us for the fireworks." The other boy thanked him before informing the other Slytherins as to the reason why Draco had not joined them.

Coming to the drawing room the couples dispersed around the room to talk to the various members of the Malfoy Family, Neville's grandmother was talking to Octavius who seemed to be speaking with the stern looking woman very eagerly about an event that they had both attended. Everyone was chattering in small groups and Harry found himself drawn into a conversation with Neville, Luna, Oliver, Charlie and a few others as they all discussed the various Quidditch teams that were in for a chance in the international league that year. Over in the corner of the room Lucius was talking with Theodore Nott's uncle, the man had taken over care of Theo after his parents had been incarcerated and later executed for their support of the dark lord. Since the change in guardianship the young man had become much more confident and his Uncle was teling Lucius all about what they had done over the summer, travellin around working with small magical communicties to improve their links to the central wizarding population. Theo was stood with Pansy, Blaise and the other Slytherin's they all periodically glanced around in case Draco had decided to make an appearance, they were also curious to meet Chaos as, while they had heard a lot about their friend's young mate they had never actually met him.

At around 8:20 the Aleksius and Octavius gathered everyone and ushered them outside. Harry found himself stood wrapped in Scorpius' arms waiting in anticipation for the display to start, gathered around them other couples were stood in a similar fashion, Oliver in Charlie's embrace and Luna in Neville's. Back towards the house Draco had been insistant that he did not want to miss the fireworks. Chaos had obliged and they were sat, Chaos on Draco's lap perched on the stone steps that led from the house down onto the grass. Draco was wrapped in a thick blanket that had an added warming charm for extra protection while Chaos was wrapped in one of Draco's coats and Draco's arms were holding him tightly to his chest enabling them to keep each other warm.

Pansy had spotted the couple first and soon enough the Slytherin teens were all sat around the couple, Draco was talking quietly with Blaise and Theo, having introduced Chaos to everyone, the girls were huddled together talking about Chaos quietly: they thought he was adorable. As the fireworks started everyone's attention was drawn to the bright lights and the wide varity of coloured sparks that broke through the pitch black night. Down with the adults the younger children were playing with sparklers, these were unlike the sparkler in the wizarding world in that they changed colour as they burned and the light residue left by the sparklers lasted for several seconds allowing the children to draw pictures and write their names in the multi-coloured glows, much to their delight.

It was very cold outside, and event hrough the warming charms Draco was beginning to feel it. That on top of the fever he had meant that he was shuddering quite badly by the time the extravagant display had finished. As well as the cold the noise from the fireworks had caused his headache to come back full force, pounding against the inside of his skull; he hadn't wanted to say anything as he could see that Chaos was mesmerised by the display. It was things like this that made Draco remember about Chaos' past and he felt a momentary feeling of melancholy pass through him at the fact that his boyfriend found such simple things to be amazing, he would give Chaos everything he could and he would ensure that the younger teen was never hurt again.

As the last light from the fireworks died away Chaos was instantly attentive to Draco's needs. Getting the blonde up he said a quick goodbye to the Slytherin's and apologised for their quick departure, before nodding to Loukas who was watching them leave. Once inside Chaos stripped the coat he was wearing from his body and hung it up before taking the blanket from a shivering Draco. Ushering the blonde upstairs he directed him to the bathroom, easing him down onto the toilet lid he turned to the large bath and began to run the hot water leaving the bathtub to fill as he summoned their pyjamas, two very fluffy towels and some warm fleecy socks. The clothes were neatly piled on the edge of the sink and the towels were hung on the self-heating rail so that hey would be warm when they needed them. Draco inhaled the warm scents that came from the bath: the bubbles rising quickly above the water level.

Settling into the bath Draco let out a sigh as the hot water cleared his system a little and helped him to relax. With lazy eyes and no inhibitions he watched as Chaos stripped down, the scars on the younger's torso and legs made his blood boil but he knew that Chaos had moved on from the events that led to them and that he really should as well. Welcomng the younger boy into his arms Draco pulled Chaos back against his chest, so that they were pressed tightly together and sighed, laying his head back against the edge of the bath. Chaos laughed softly and turned to face him taking the large bottle that contained their shampoo he proceeded to pour a generous amount into his small hands before working it into a lather n his sweat dirtied hair. Draco sighed in contentment as he felt the small hands gently work against his scalp, easing the tightness and the pounding in his head.

Once Draco had been fully tended to Chaos quickly washed himself down, smiling as he noticed that his mate as fast asleep, head lulled back against the side of the large bathtub; it had been a very long day and he was still very much under the weather, he now needed a very good nights sleep in preparation for the next day, hopefully he would be feeling a little better.


Later on that evening Lucius and Narcissa were making their way to bed, Lucius was only leaning against his wife a little and thankfully that was more due to weariness thatn anything else, of course the weakenss still lingered and he tired very easily but he was able to enjoy his time with his family much more now: it really had made all the difference having them around, he was so glad to see his brothers and their families again, it had been so long. Passing by Draco's room the pair popped theur heads round the door. Sprawled across the centre of the bed Draco's breathing was heavy with he congestion, but he looked more relaxed and peaceful than they had expected. Lucius smirked as he swaw the thick fleecy socks covering his son's feet and the way that the long-sleeved pyjama top had ridden up his torso exposing the pale skin of his abdomen. Curled into Draco's side Chaos head rested in the crook of the blonde's neck and his hadn was holding one of Draco's while the other rested under his pillow, the two looked so comfortable and Lucius was very glad that they were okay.


Harry and Scorpius had walked their guests out and bade everyone else goodnight before heading off to their own chambers. A quick shower to wash away the residual smoke that lingered on their skin and in their hair before they settled together in the centre of th large bed. Turning to Scorpius Harry recalled his musings from earlier that day,

"Scorp what do you know about Chaos? I was just thinking about it earlier, I mean he obviously isn't a normal wizard but I was wondering if you could tell me anything else?" Scorpius huffed in amusement, trust Harry to be thinking about this over Christmas when most people are fully concentrated on the food and the presents, adjusting the smaller teen and pulling him closer Scorpius thought about everything before he spoke,

"It is quite complicated really Harry, nobody can really explain it properly. Essentially Chaos is a wizard, just like we are, but his magic takes on a slightly different form. Usually wizards have a rather wild magical core and they need their wand to channel it and ake it more controllable to allow them to perform spells and such, obviously the magic becomes more tame as the years go by and with training, this enables people to perform wandless magic as they have gained the ability to self-control their wild magic. However some wizards are born with magic that they can already control, this magic is also seen as more fluid as, badcially it enables the person to understand the magical relationships and factors that interact to produce certain magical outcomes. Chaos doesn't need a wand because he has perfect control over his magic, he also knows a great deal about the power of magic and that in addition to his knowledge about the magical relationships and factors that affect magic means that many people fear him. Chaos has the ability to limit and enhance our magical abilities because he has the knowledge and control to manipulate the relationship between our magical intent and the outcome that would occur. I know that you have also seen what Chaos can do healing wise, these people can also gain enhanced abilities in certain areas of magic, Chaos has incredible healing abilities because of his empathetic abilities; he can understand he suffering of others and the links between the causes and the solutions thus allowing him to assist in the healing process or, as he was doing fo Lucius and Draco easing the discomfort or pain in order to aid with the healing process. As I said, these people are often feared because of what they are capable of doing, however they are extremely rare and so it is not often an issue, that is the reason however that Chaos does not attend Hogwarts or another magical school: the schoos do not want to have someone with abilities like Chaos as they fear it will cause problems as parents may complain due to the supposed threat that comes with these abilities. The opinions are changing, like with everything but it is very slow going and so for Chaos abd everyone else it is simply easier for him to stay away from large populations of wizards and be educated here in the manor where he is safe from others opinions. You do know that you could have asked him about it right, while we all try to avoid making him feel as if he is different he is more than happy to talk about his magic, if you are curious you only have to ask, I promise he would not take it the wrong way. Does that answer your question?" Harry glanced up at the teen and nodded,

"Yes, thanks Scorp, I was just curious." Scorpius chuckled and pressed a kiss to the faded lightning bolt scar on his forehead,

"Get some sleep little one, if you have more questions tomorrow I will go with you to ask Chaos I promise." Harry nodded satisfied that he had gotten some answers, before squirming a little and settling down to go to sleep.


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Snicket x