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Chapter 10: Whispers

As per usual rumors were flying around Hogwarts. The castle was a breeding ground for every possible rumor from salacious affairs of the rich and famous to whom was doing what with Filch in the broom closets. None of them were close to true however, although as they say, every rumor has a grain of truth to it. Orion was learning first hand how ridiculous the rumor mill was when he overheard a Ravenclaw second year informing a group of first years that Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy were getting a divorce. Angered, the young pre-teen had stormed over and stonily informed the uneducated masses that no his parents were NOT getting a divorce and they wouldn't be anytime soon. Satisfied that the rumor had been put to rest, the young Slytherin was rather shocked when a daring Hufflepuff approached him later on in the week and asked if his Dad really was going to live with the Weasley family. Shocked, Orion stammered for a moment before finally spitting out a no and shoving past the Hufflepuff. He had to find Siri and then they had to write their family. Had something else happened in the court case? Was their Dad being taken away? Thankfully classes were over for the day and that meant Siri could be in one of three places: the Great Hall, the Library or the Hufflepuff dormitories. He was guessing the Great Hall, but either way he would track down his errant twin if it took him all night. To bad Dad hadn't let them take his invisibility cloak to school, that might make things easier.

Siri, was in fact, sitting at the Hufflepuff table in the Great Hall. The young pre-teen was once again talking animatedly to Kevin, the older teen listening with a bemused expression on his face. Kevin actually liked the shy first year, enjoying Siri's company as the younger boy regaled him with stories of his visits home, or funny letters from his parents. Suffice to say, neither of them were prepared for Orion suddenly appearing out of nowhere, seizing Siri's arm and hauling the young teen away without so much as a warning.

"Well that was...odd" Kevin said, earning a chuckle from those around him. Orion and Sirius had an odd relationship and the 'Puffs had grown used to seeing the twins together, despite the oddness of a Slytherin and Hufflepuff relationship. House rivalries had split up siblings before, so it was admirable to see that the Malfoy twins hadn't allowed themselves to grow distant due to house rivalries.

MOA

"What the heck?" Siri gasped as his twin hauled him towards the owlery. Orion was muttering angrily under his breath but none of it made sense to the young Malfoy.

"Did you hear?" Orion suddenly demanded, releasing his twin's arm and whirling around to face the confused 'Puff.

"Hear what?" Sirius asked, arching an eyebrow in a Draco-like manner. "All I know is a moment ago I was sitting with Kevin and eating and the next I was dragged away by you," He added. "What's going?" he asked, something had really shaken his twin, Orion was normally much more composed then he currently was. Siri was even more surprised when a light flush coloured Orion's pale skin and his twin looked momentarily embarrassed by his behaviour.

"I-I overheard a rumor," Orion said, looking down at his toes, "Something about Dad getting taken by the Weasleys. I know its not true but..." He trailed off helplessly, looking at Siri knowing his twin would understand.

"But you just want to be sure it's not true?" Siri asked, though he knew that was exactly why Orion was rushing around. He also felt just as nervous and worried as Orion now, just the idea that their Dad could be taken away was terrifying.

"Lets go" Siri said, grabbing his twin's offered hand and the pair rushed down the hallway, making their way up to the owlery in record time. Once there, Orion scribbled a quick note before sending it away with one of the school owls. He knew the lovely bird was one of the quicker ones owned by the school and both he and Siri wanted a letter back by breakfast the next day, hoping that whatever they received put both their minds at ease.

Slowly the boys left the tall tower, neither spoke as they walked, preferring the companionable silence then idle chatter.

"See you in the morning?" Orion asked as they stopped outside the entrance to the Great Hall. Dinner was almost over and since Sirius had already eaten he was heading to his dorm room to get started on his homework.

"Of course" Siri agreed before trotting away towards the kitchens and Hufflepuff Common Room. Sighing, Orion composed himself before entering the hall; he walked sedately over to his own house table where he slid into an empty seat next to Michael, quickly filling a plate before the food disappeared.

"Where were you?" Michael asked, looking at Orion curiously, his friend had disappeared on the way to dinner and he hadn't seen him since.

"Owlery, had to send a letter" Orion responded, cutting his meat quickly into bite sized pieces.

"Ah" Michael nodded, though he had no idea why a letter had taken so long to mail, he didn't question his friend. He knew whatever Orion had been doing had been for good reason.

MOA

Draco was rather shocked when a large barn owl soared through the open window and nearly tackled him. He let out a very undignified shriek as the bird clipped into him before careening into the kitchen and landing in a heap on the table.

"What the hell?" Harry yelped as tea spilled everywhere and toast went flying. "I think it wore itself out," he said after a moment as Draco hastily vanished the tea before it could ruin anything.

"You think?" the blond snarked, going over to relieve the bird of its letter as Harry fed the poor bird some pieces of ruined toast as well as a small bowl of water.

"Well what is it?" Harry asked his husband as Draco read the letter, his eyebrows rising into his hairline as he did so.

"Its a letter from the boys" Draco said, "Apparently there's a rumor going around at school about us, well specifically about you" he explained, Harry let out a small sigh, he had hoped the boys wouldn't have to deal with this, but he wasn't naive enough to think that they or their family would escape the Hogwarts rumor mill.

"Well that is to be expected, what with who we are" Harry said, "What was so worrying that they had to write home and nearly kill the owl over" He asked curiously. Draco sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he did so.

"The rumor was about you and the Weasleys, its circulating the school that the Weasleys won the court case and you've been taken away from us and are now living with them. They boys know that the rumor isn't true but they were still, understandably, worried" Draco explained as he scribbled a note back that everything was fine and Harry was still at home.

"Poor boys" Harry said, raking his fingers through his hair. "Send that off with your owl Draco, this poor creature can't do a return flight to the school today"

Draco nodded, heading outside to summon his large eagle owl, which was out hunting at the moment. When the bird landed on his outstretched arm, he hastily attached the scribbled note to his leg and sent the bird off with a few whispered words. Watching the majestic bird soar through the air for a moment, Draco headed back inside, dropping a kiss on Harry's head as he passed.

"We have to do your last treatment this evening love," Draco said, grabbing his brief case off the table. He was meeting up with his Father for a lovely day of meetings at the ministry.

"I know" Harry sighed, rubbing his numb legs, ever since his third treatment he'd been having odd spasms of movement in his usually motionless legs. It was an incredibly odd sensation, along with burning and tingles as the nerves in his legs re-awakened and made themselves known. If it wasn't for the Weasleys and the hell they were currently putting him through Harry wouldn't even be doing this, the brunet haired man had no issue with being a paraplegic, he wasn't bothered by his ability to walk or not, but the Weasleys had forced this and Harry would do anything, ANYTHING to stay with and protect Draco and his children. He'd already done that with Nott and he wouldn't allow himself to be subjected to this stupidity any longer and if that meant walking into the courtroom for the next hearing then he damn well would do it.

MOA

Orion fiddled with his eggs as he watched the post owls soar into the hall. He scanned the air for his father's owl or the barn owl that he had sent his own note with. Anxiously he scanned the owls, he really wanted to hear back from his parents, though he knew he was probably panicking over nothing. Jamie Weasley hadn't said anything to him or anyone else and he knew the girl would have been bragging if her family had actually succeeded in taking away his Dad but still, he was worried. Sighing in relief as his Father's regal eagle owl landed in front of him, he hastily fed the haughty bird some bacon as he relieved him of his small letter. Draco's reply was short and to the point, nothing had happened, Dad was safe at home and that he and Siri knew better then to listen to rumors. Sighing in relief, he rubbed Hercules' chest, Draco had named the owl after the Greek demigod because when he had gotten the owl as a chick it had been a rather strong little bird. After a few more moments and half of his bacon, Hercules took off leaving a relieved and happy Orion behind.

Siri, having seen Hercules' arrive, had immediately rushed across the hall to speak to his twin.

"So?" the young blond asked, ignoring the few scandalized looks at his appearance at the snake table, Haley and Cassie being among those with a sour expression. Ignoring them Siri focused solely on his twin and Michael who just happened to be sitting next to him.

"Everything's fine, we worried for no reason," Orion reported happily, handing Siri the letter so he could read it himself.

"Good" Siri said, grinning happily. "Dad's final treatment is tonight, he can't afford to miss them according to Uncle Sev"

"I know" Orion said, rolling his eyes at his twin. As if he didn't know when his dad was receiving treatments. Siri just laughed before heading back to his own table to finish eating before classes began.

MOA

Draco clenched his fists tightly as he watched Harry writhe and keen on the bed. This was the last treatment but by far the worst as he was forced to sit and watch the man he loved cry and scream in pain as his body arched in awkward angles as he tried to escape the pain. Severus' hand clutched Draco's shoulder as he offered silent support to his godson as they both watched Harry. Finally after what felt like hours, Harry fell onto the bed his eyes fluttering shut as he fell into an exhausted sleep.

"Thank god" Draco breathed as Severus cast some spells on Harry to check to see if the potion had worked.

"So?" Draco asked anxiously, hovering around Severus' shoulders as he worked.

"He's fine the potion appears to have worked" Severus said, stowing his wand back in his sleeve. "Obviously he'll need rehabilitation to build up his leg muscles, but the damage created by the Dark Lord's spell has been healed" Severus explained. "He'll probably sleep for a good few hours though, the final dose was the worst and took the most out of him" Severus added, Draco nodded again, carefully pulling the blanket up over his husband and pressing a kiss to his sweaty forehead.

"Tea Sev?" Draco offered as the two men left the bedroom, letting Harry sleep in peace as they walked into the kitchen where Mipsy was already setting out tea and biscuits.

"Sure, I have some time before I needed to go back to my store" the Potion's Master said with a smile, that looked out of place on his normally dour face.

Draco smiled at his godfather, sliding into a chair and taking a sip of the warm tea.

"I'm so glad this is almost over with" he said, staring into the cup. "This nonsense with the Weasleys and court, I just wish we didn't have to go to such extreme measures in order to deal with it"

"I know, but this way no one can contest Harry's abilities as an adult" Severus said, "And my potion may help many other people suffering from the same afflictions as your husband. A lot of people were cursed horribly during the war, this could help them" Severus murmured, and he could actually claim credit for the potion, something he had been unable to do with may of his creations during the war. It was only now that Severus was beginning to receive the credit for his accomplishments during the war.

Draco nodded, smiling at his mentor, he was glad Sev could finally take credit for his work but he wasn't happy that Harry was the guinea pig in this experiment.

Both men sat in comfortable silence as they sipped their tea, enjoying the companionable silence. Finally however, Severus had to leave.

"I'll floo tomorrow morning to see how Harry is doing" Severus said before he apparated to his store in Diagon Alley, leaving Draco alone, sitting at his dining room table as he waited for his husband to wake up.

Harry woke slowly, his entire body ached all over and he had no idea why. Rubbing his eyes absentmindedly, he forced himself upright in bed, far to tired to really think about what happened.

"Harry?" Draco's voice sounded from the doorway, grabbing his glasses, Harry glanced up rather surprised to see his husband standing in the doorway holding a cup of steaming tea.

"Draco" Harry said hoarsely, "What happened?"

"You took your final dose of Sev's potion, it was rather strong" the blond said bluntly as he came to sit next to the tired man, pressing the tea cup into his hands. "It worked though, you'll be able to walk again once you go through some rehabilitation therapy" Draco said, rubbing Harry's knee under the blanket. The brunet's eyes widened as he stared down at Draco's hand.

"I-I can feel that" He stammered, reaching down to touch his husband's hand. Shock was stamped across his features as he continued to stare down at his legs. Draco grinned, pressing a kiss to Harry's forehead again as he continued to rub his husband's knee through the blanket. It seemed like such a simple act, but for both men it was so much more then that. Tears flowed down Harry's cheeks, dripping onto the blanket as he stared down at his legs.

Silence filled the room, both men too caught up in what was happening to try and speak.

MOA

Harry sighed softly as he stared down at his legs as they swayed back and forth from his position on an examination table at St. Mungo's. He was seeing his private healer for his first ever physical therapy session and he was a bit worried and nervous. Draco was standing by his shoulder as the healer poked and prodded at his legs, checking his muscle density and what not. There were potions that cured it and helped fixed muscles but muggle methods also seemed to work well and both Harry and Draco were a bit worried about how any potions might affect those already in Harry's system. Letting the Healer continue to prod him, Harry let his mind wander slightly until Draco's nudge to his shoulder had him flushing and looking up at the two men.

"Sorry" Harry mumbled, "Sort of let my mind wander," he added with a self-deprecating grin.

"We noticed," Draco said dryly, "Healer Jenkins was just telling us what to expect"

"Please call me Mark," the Healer said with a grin, "I've been working with you two for so long that I think we're on a first name basis"

"Okay Mark" Draco grinned, "Anyway now that we have my husband's attention feel free to continue"

"Of course, now what I was originally saying, the potion has appeared to work, but of course you know that. Now your muscles aren't as bad off as they could be due to the swimming you've been doing but you are looking at a long recovery processes. I know you planned on being able to walk into the court room for your next hearing" Mark continued, pursuing his chart.

"I'd like to yes, the entire case the Weasley family has is based on my inability to walk if I walk in they lose all credibility" Harry said.

"I have no doubt you'll be able to walk in, though you probably will need either muggle leg braces or crutches. We can't overwork your body and forcing it to walk before its ready without any aids could set you back in your physical therapy" Mark continued to explain. Both Harry and Draco nodded, as long as Harry walked in that was all that really mattered.

"Alright well your next session is booked for two days from now, just floo directly to my private office, it will be easier" Mark send handing Draco his card while Harry carefully moved himself back into his wheelchair. Both men were beyond pleased, despite the time this would take, Harry would walk again and everything would be fine.

MOA

"It worked" Orion breathed quietly as he handed Orion the letter their Dad had just sent them. The twins were sitting in the library mid-study session when Hercules had burst through an open window and dumped a letter in front of him.

"It did?" Siri said, eyes dancing excitedly. "Dad can walk?" He was hard pressed to keep his voice down as he read the letter, eyes practically eating up his Dad's words. This was so exciting; their Dad would be meeting them at the train station for summer holidays. He was practically bouncing in his seat at the idea, he couldn't believe it.

"I-I can't believe it" Orion stammered a huge grin breaking out on his face. "Its over its finally over" he said, letting his head rest on his open potions text book. He knew he wouldn't really believe it until he saw it, but he was just so damn happy at that moment. Everything with the Weasleys, everything that had happened was done. Nothing could take their Dad away now.

Siri, like Orion, was grinning away. He wasn't thinking so much about the court case though, he was thinking of all the things they could do as a family now that Harry could walk. They could play in the snow or go swimming at the beach, no longer would their Dad be forced to sit and watch while they and their Father goofed around, now he could join in.

"I can't wait to go home now," Siri said, frowning at the thought. They still had a few months of school left before home was an option and he just knew the time was going to crawl by.

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