A/N: Once again, I thank you all for the reviews!

WARNINGS: see Ch. 1 for general fic warnings

'thoughts'

"dialogue"

~parseltongue~

{mind-speak to familiars}

[mind-speak between bonded (i.e. spouses, spouses-to-be)]

~~~~-scene change-~~~~

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor do I make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter 10

Public Wills Pt 1

Harry came out fifteen minutes later with his pajamas on and his hair tied with a ribbon of silver silk. He watched Draco get into bed and just stood there awkwardly.

After about five minutes, Harry asked Draco "Where am I supposed to sleep?"

"Curled around me," was all the reply he got.

Harry blushed a little and crawled into the large bed behind Draco. He spooned behind Draco, and they lay there quietly.

After a few minutes, both fell into a quiet, restful sleep, and, for the first time for Harry, one not to be interrupted by nightmares.

August 2, 1996

Harry woke up first this time. The first thing he noticed was the body curled inside his. He looked down and noticed that Draco had turned around in his sleep and was now nuzzling his chest. He shivered slightly when Draco shift, causing Harry's soft shirt to brush lightly across his nipple.

Harry slowly brought a hand down and started carding it though Draco's pale blond locks. He smiled, enjoying this comfort as long as he had it, 'Because everyone leaves me,' he thought.

Seeming to sense Harry's maudlin thoughts, Draco woke. He opened his eyes and smiled into Harry's chest, burrowing into the warmth he found there. He ran his hand down Harry's chest, frowning slightly when he felt a ridge of some kind on Harry's abdomen.

Harry was so caught up in Draco's hair that he didn't notice Draco lifting his shirt up until it was too late. He tried to pull it down out of Draco's grasp, but the damage was done. Draco had seen the bandage. He wouldn't want Harry now that he knew he was damaged. Harry sighed and got up, tears prickling in his eyes, though he refused to let them fall. He began to pick up his things when he heard Draco call out to him.

"What is that, Harry?"

"Don't worry about it, Draco. I'll be out of your hair soon enough," he added under his breath.

"What are you doing, Harry?"

"I'm packing. Why?"

"Why are you packing?" Draco asked, genuinely confused.

Harry was getting confused as well. "You saw the bandage."

"So? Is that supposed to mean something?"

"People like you don't like damaged property," Harry said quietly.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Draco was starting to get mad. Harry wouldn't answer his questions, and now he was leaving. 'That PRICK!' he thought. "Get your ass back in this bed and curled around my back now, Potter, or I swear I will hex your feet off, seeing as how I'll need your balls soon."

Harry looked up at Draco, confusion written all over his face, but he did what he was told. "You aren't going to make me leave?"

"Why the fuck would I do that, Potter?"

"I'm damaged, I'm a freak, no one should want me," he recited from one of Vernon's sermons.

Draco could tell something was off from those words. He knew that the Harry he had seen the past couple of days would not say those things, and this must have been something much deeper than his confidence. His gaze and tone softened as he told Harry that he wanted him, and he was the only one allowed to have him, if that was OK with Harry.

Harry didn't seem totally convinced, but he decided to let the matter drop. He wanted this comfort to last for as long as possible before it was taken from him.

"You are going to have to show me what's under that bandage eventually, though, Harry. The sooner the better."

Harry only nodded. He would try to put off showing Draco his scars, because he was sure that once he saw them, the blond would be too repulsed to even look at Harry again.

After Harry looked at the Tempus he had cast and told Draco that it was seven in the morning, and that they had to be at Gringott's in two hours, Draco had run out of bed screaming about needing to get ready. Harry chuckled and got ready too. He took a shower after Draco, shocked that there was any hot water left, and then brushed his hair. He chose to wear a silver shirt, the same color as Draco's eyes, with the top buttons left undone and the sleeved rolled up to his elbows. With it, he wore form-fitting black slacks, with shiny, black leather boots. Instead of a robe, he wore a black vest, buttoned all the way up to the bottom of his rib cage. His hair was pulled back and tied with a strip of silver silk.

Draco wore a green shirt, the same color as Harry's eyes (coincidence?), with black leather and a black robe with a silver trim, and shiny black shoes.

Draco and Harry both were developing rapidly growing problems in their groins.

The pair made their way down to the dining room and saw that Narcissa and Lucius had beat them down, though Tom and Severus were absent. They were conversing quietly at the table when Draco and Harry took that same positions as the day before. Narcissa noticed them first, and smiled at the pair, while Lucius only nodded in greeting.

The group proceeded to eat breakfast, and at eight fifty, Harry got up, said goodbye, and made for the door as Draco sat back down. As he opened it, Harry asked, "Are you coming, Draco?"

The blond blushed slightly and went with Harry to the Floo room. Together, they both Floo'd to Diagon Alley.

Draco and Harry both exited the Floo gracefully, something Harry was grateful for. They went into the back of the Leaky Cauldron and entered Diagon Alley. They walked up to Gringott's and entered the marble behemoth. The pair walked up to the other end of the room, where a goblin was sitting entering information in to a register.

"May your gold be abundant and your enemies not so," Harry greeted the goblin. Everyone in the room stared at Harrys in shock, Draco included, not used to hearing a wizard greet a goblin respectfully.

The goblin replied in kind and Harry told him they had an appointment with Griphook. The goblin nodded and summoned a younger goblin. They talked for a moment in Gobbledygook and the younger goblin beckoned them to follow, presumably to Griphook's office.

Harry remembered the office perfectly, mainly because there was so little to remember. Harry and Draco both greeted Griphook in the traditional fashion, and got down to business.

"As your account manager, it is my duty to inform you that yesterday, upon receiving the notice of the public will reading, Albus Perceval Wulfric Brian Dumbledore attempted to submit a fraudulent letter to Ragnok, Head Goblin of the Gringott's Wizarding Bank England Branch, that called for the vaults and estates owned by one Lord Hadrian James Potter-Black-Hufflepuff-Ravenclaw-Gryffindor-Slytherin-Peverell-Emrys to be turned over to himself as magical guardian of said lord and for the public will readings to be postponed indefinitely, with a fraudulent signature by said lord. Upon receiving the letter, Ragnok accepted it and asked Dumbledore to leave the premises so he could make arrangements, and not to return until he was called or the public will reading, whichever comes first. Upon running tests on the letter, it was proven fraudulent. Because of this fact, you were contacted so we could discuss how to proceed."

"I presume that Ragnok will not call Dumbledore before the will readings?" Harry asked.

"No."

"In that case, I would like to attend the reading under a disillusionment charm to see if Dumbledore is up to his tricks again."

Griphook nodded and the filing cabinet appeared again. He opened it and brought out a black amulet on a silver chain. "This amulet had a disillusionment charm built into it, one that not even Dumbledore can see through, as it is goblin made." Harry remembered Griphook telling him about the anti-mind magic jewelry he wore. "I will take both of you to the will room now." With that, Griphook got up and left through a door that both teens were sure hadn't been there when they came in.

They got up and followed Griphook into the room. Like the office, the room was Spartan, filled only with chairs and a podium.

"The others will be arriving soon, gentlemen."

Harry nodded at Griphook, then kissed Draco. By the time they finished, the door handle was turning. Harry pecked Draco on the lips one last time and put the amulet on.

Draco took a second to straighten his robes then made his way to the front row. He took the seat second from the end and felt Harry take the one he left open. The door finally opened, it was stalled thanks to some quick magic by Griphook, and Lucius, Narcissa, Severus and Tom under a glamour gracefully entered. They all took the seats next to Draco, leaving the one he left open unoccupied.

Eventually, Remus, Albus, Peter, Bellatrix, Rodolphus, Minerva, Pansy, Cassius, Molly, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Andromeda and Nymphadora all made their way into the room.

Griphook went up to the podium and got started. "Before we start, since this land is sovereign, the Aurors have no authority here, and we ask that when they realize the identity of some of the occupants of this room, that they do not try to arrest them. That is not allowed on this land since, in the eyes of the Goblin Nation, they are not convicts. Also, we ask that there be no interruptions. Any business can be done after all three wills have been read."

Before anyone could get a word in, he took out the orb that contained Lily's will and tapped it with his claw.

I, Lily Luna Potter nee Parkinson, being of sound mind and body, do declare this my last will and testament.

To Remus John Lupin, I leave a sum of five hundred galleons. Go get some new clothes, Moony, you deserve them. Also, please help Dumb and Dumber care for my baby, I want Harry to have at least one sensible influence on him while he grows up.

To Sirius Orion Black, I leave one final request: please help Remus and James take care of Harry. He always thought you were the funniest of us.

To Severus Tobias Snape, I leave a sum of five hundred galleons. Go by your potions ingredients, I know how much you love them. I also wanted to say what I never got to: I'm sorry. I know what I did because of a little slip was an overreaction, and I regret it every day. Please forgive me, Severus.

To Albus Perceval Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, I leave these words: stop trying to control Harry. It will do you no good in the end.

To Peter Pettigrew, I leave these parting words: I know it was you.

To Hadrian James Potter, I leave all of my personal photo albums.

All of my other worldly possession I leave to my spouse, James Charlus Potter.

Should my spouse die before me, I leave my worldly possessions to my son, Hadrian James Potter.

Should neither I nor my husband be able to care for Hadrian, custody should go to:

Sirius Orion Black, godfather

Bellatrix Druella Lestrange nee Black, godmother

Remus John Lupin

Severus Tobias Snape

Minerva McGonagall

Narcissa Lily Malfoy nee Black

Tom Marvolo Riddle

Should none of the above people be able to care for my son, he should be adopted into a neutral wizarding family. Under no circumstances should Albus Perceval Wulfric Brian Dumbledore obtain custody of my son, and under no circumstances should my son ever be allowed to meet my adopted sister, Petunia Violet Dursley nee Evans, or her family.

Here ends the last will and testament of Lily Luna Potter nee Parkinson. Remember, Harry, no matter what, I will always love you.

Hearing the will made some suspicious of others in the room. Remus, Severus, Minerva, Andromeda and Nymphadora, those who knew that Harry was staying with the Dursleys, began to get suspicious of Albus. All, bar the Weasleys, Peter and Albus began to wonder why this never came out before now. Draco, who knew some of what had happened to Harry at the hands of the Dursleys, looked calm and composed, but on the inside, he was seething and imagining all the fun ways he could think of to torture and kill the Dursleys and Albus, because he knew enough to know it was Albus who had left Harry there.

Before anyone could recover from what happened, Griphook had James's will out and had tapped it with his claw.

I, James Charlus Potter, being of sound mind and body, do declare this my last will and testament.

A/N: I know that last chapter I said that this would be all the wills and the opening of the Potter Twins' store, but I had to curb it after I realized that I had 3 wills to do. So, I will either end up doing it like the 3 part "Wills and Letters" segment, or I will do 2 wills next chapter, and then chapter 12 will be the twin terrors' store and more. Again, IDK, I'm just the author.

So, as you know, next chapter will be either 1 or 2 (probably 2) wills.

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