It didn't take long for Draco to spot three faces, the ones he had been looking for. Like him Theodore Nott, Blaise Zamblini and Millicent Bulstrode evaded Azkaban, for many the same reasons he did.
Slipping off the bike he smirked at the three as they did several double takes at him before Blaise finally called out his name "Draco Malfoy, after all these years."
"Blaise old friend how you been fairing, heard you hid out in Italy during the war," Draco was now fighting off a smile.
Blaise surprised him by pulling him into a hug, "I was worried about you."
Draco pulled away still holding his friend at arms length, "worried, why?"
"Because you seemed the loyalist out of the Jr's Co," finished Blaise, "how did you get out?"
"I was innocent," smiled Draco no longer wanting to keep his happiness at bay.
Blaise embraced him again before pulling away slowly, "Co I would like to introduce you to my wife Maria."
"Draco Malfoy, it is a pleasure to meet you," Draco took her hand and gently kissed it, she giggled at him a blush forming on her olive skin.
"And who's your friend?" Blaise grinned wiggling his eyebrows.
"This is my boyfriend Tyran Wolf," replied Draco as Tyran held out his hand to Blaise, "Ty this is my old school friend Blaise Zamblini, and his beautiful wife Maria."
"Charmed," replied Tyran a bit out of place, but happy Draco was having fun already.
Blaise looked over the crowed and beckoned over Theodore and Millicent, whispering to Draco that they married each other, and have four kids.
"I heard the news," Draco said kindly to two of his former friends "congratulations on the kids."
"Do we know you?" asked Theodore as Blaise pointed to the eyes and Theo's mouth dropped "Draco."
"The one and only," he spoke with an arrogant yet playful tone "So what did you name them? And did you two have any?" he pointed between the couples.
"We have two sons," replied Maria "Edmund it going to Hogwarts this year and his brother Luca will be joining him in two years."
Draco smiled as he turned to speak to Theodore, when every trace of happiness drained from his body, "we'll finish out little chat up at the castle, and I'll meet you all there, Ty."
Tyran just smiled at the two couples and followed his distraught boyfriend back to the bikes, and without a word they sped up to the castle taking the long way knowing it would take a while before all the carriages arrived and Draco had made plans on an entrance and wanted everyone to be there when he and Tyran walked in looking like something out of a gothic or punk magazine.
They waited three quarters of an hour before making their entrance, walking confidently thought the tall doors leading to the great hall, and with hidden surprise gave his and Tyran's names to the announcer.
"Presenting Mr. Draconis Malfoy and his escort Mr. Tyran Wolf," said the man loudly and proud, many people turned to look at the once self proclaimed 'Slytherin ice prince."
Draco walked with his head held high, his arm adjoined with Tyran's as he led him into the room what he had so many memories.
He was joined almost as if it were yesterday, by the hip. The tables were exactly the same as he remembered, and he noticed with a sad gleam in his normally steely features that the Slytherin table held no more then the three couples… only four Slytherins left, this made him unbelievably saddened, yet masking his features he pressed on determined to make this a night to remember, and with the war coming he wasn't sure if this would be the last he would ever have to experience.
Still shaking away all the negativity he put on a happy face and turned to his unanswered question.
"So you never told me," started Draco "you have four children?"
Theodore looked quite proud as he nodded "three beautiful girls, and my son."
"Well what are their names?" questioned Draco wishing in the back of his mind that he could be as coupled as the two other pairs in front of him.
"My eldest daughter is eleven," started Theodore "we named her Sophie, and then there is Aurora at ten and Celeste at eight, and our son is named Rylan he's six."
"They sound wonderful," beamed Draco, then with a devious smirked he looked at them square in the eyes "I look forward to teaching them when they come to school."
"Snape's retiring?" asked Millicent stunned and Draco shook his head.
"No, he knew the separation from my boys would be too much for me so offered to let me teach the first through third years," replied Draco.
"Your boys, Draco are you a father?" asked Blaise.
"Not a father, a dad," replied Draco "and yes I have two boys, twins, Adrian and Damian are both eleven."
The Slytherins continued talking about their children for a while, when the headmistress stood up and called the attention to everyone in the room. "Thank you all for coming, it is wonderful to see so many familiar faces. I have a few announcements before we start eating, one is that two of this years graduates are going to be teaching this year, Mr. Draco Malfoy will be taking over one through third years to help out professor Snape, and at last Mr. harry Potter has agreed to take the defence against the dark arts position, lets give them all a round of applause, and now we tuck in.