Chapter 10:

Harry waited in the hall with Molly and the children waiting for them to be called back into the room. He only hoped that after everything they had heard in there the judge would grant him custody. He couldn't think about what would happen if the kids went back under Draco's care.

Suddenly you could hear yelling down the other end of the hall and Remus and Lucius were quickly in front of him. He gave the two a sneer before he went to go see what was going on. He felt a hand on his arm and knew that it was Remus. The sensations that ran up his arm just let him know.

"Let me go. You don't deserve to touch me." He snapped as he ripped his arm out of the others grasp.

"You don't want to go down there. It's Draco and Adrian." Lucius stated.

"Look I appreciate what you said in there against Draco but that does not give you the right to talk to me now." Harry turned back around and made his way around the corner.

He stopped short when he saw Draco pull his arm back and punch Adrian in the face. Adrian fell onto his ass as the Aurors were coming to pull Draco back away from him.

"Don't you dare step foot into my home after this. How dare you touch my children the way you did." Draco sneered at the other man.

"It was no better than what you were doing to your own children Draco." Adrian spat at him before he turned and walked away, meeting Harry's gaze.

"Don't even think about walking past me or you will have worse then what he did to you." Harry smirked when he saw Adrian stop and take a seat on one of the benches between him and Draco.

Harry didn't even bother to look at his ex as he turned back around and went to where his children were waiting for him. Moments later they were called back into the court room and Harry promptly took his seat in the front. The judge sat down and looked between the two of them before speaking.

"Well I have heard everything I will need to hear and thought over everything. I looked at the memories that the children were made to provide before I came in this morning and Have come to my final decision.

"Normally one would award the children to their mother if there was no sign of abuse from that party. In every sense of the word Mr. Malfoy is their mother, however, I have found several forms of evidence that the children were both physically and mentally abused. Mr. Potter being their father and having only just assumed them into his care will be granted temporary custody.

"In six months time we will have memories taken from the children and those around and close to the family and decide then if he will be granted full custody. Now Mr. Malfoy at this time you will not be granted visitations and after the six months if Mr. Potter is granted his full custody it will be up to him if he decides to allow them to see you or not.

"Mr. Potter you may take the children home now and we will see you back in six months. Have a great time getting to know your children and being able to have them in your life finally after all this time." The judge smiled at him and he couldn't help but finally let out the breath he had been holding in for the whole time.

Harry had never moved so fast in his life. The moment the judge left the room he was out into the hall and gathering his children into his arms. Suddenly Clover pried her self out of his arms and hid behind his legs, leaving David still in his arms. Harry turned his head to see what Clover was looking at and saw Draco standing a few feet away from them, looking forlorn. Harry passed David back over to Molly and walked slowly over to his ex.

"Harry. Please take care of them. Let them know I love them and tell Clover I am so sorry." Harry saw the tears being fought back behind Draco's eyes and nodded his head.

"I'll tell them. I don't know if after six months they will even want to see you, so don't get your hopes up about that. She is really afraid of you Draco and I can't understand how you could go and do that to your own children." Harry stated as he watched the emotions passing over the others face.

"My doctor says that I had post partum depression and it has never gone away. He stated that after David was born it just escalated. I know that is no excuse for what I did to them but I'm hoping one day they will forgive me. I can't believe I never knew what Adrian was doing. I would never have allowed it if I knew, you have to believe me." Draco was looking to the floor at that moment and Harry tried not to step forward to have him look at him.

"I know you wouldn't have let that happen, but it did and she has a lot of healing to do. Maybe down the line she will want to get to know you again but I'm not going to pressure her or David into it. It will be up to them, but when and if they do decide that and they come home with even one mark on them, I will put a stop to it."

"I know Harry. I should go and let you bring them home. Please just let them know I love them." Draco turned and walked away then, leaving Harry with a lot to think about.

Later that night, after the kids went to bed, Harry found himself feeling rather lonely. He didn't know what to do with himself. He still wasn't used to being in the house by himself. He really missed Remus and having him to lay with at night, to talk to and hold. He found himself crying remembering everything they went though together. Seeing him at the court house with Lucius and knowing they were now living together, almost killed him. He felt like his heart was being ripped from his chest when ever he thought about it.

Slowly he drifted off to sleep, knowing he had to be awake early in the morning to get his kids off to Molly. The woman agreed to watch the kids while he was at work, with the promise of not letting Remus or Lucius near the kids when he was not there.

He dreamt of Remus in his bed, arms wrapped tightly around him, saying loving words into his ear. When he turned around to give his love a kiss he was face to face with Lucius, with Remus suddenly behind him. This was the image he had awoken to in the morning, leaving him with a slight problem in his boxers.