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"Harry!" twin voices caught his attention. Narrowed jade eyes struck his two "best friends" as they ran towards him with fake smiles plastered onto their faces.
"We missed you Harry!" Hermione tried to throw herself at him but he stepped back.
"What's wrong mate? Aren't you happy to see us?"
"Don't try to play coy Weasley, it's unbecoming."
"Nobody asked you Malfoy!" he snarled at the oncoming blond. "Bloody ferret!"
"Actually he's a dragon," a gentle voice intervened coming from another side accompanied by the potions master.
"What took you so long?" Harry asked his husband impatiently.
"I tried to get Bill and Isabella out of their rooms but they're still... busy."
"I told you not to go anywhere near them." Alexia waddled over to both her husbands, either one caging her in a protective stance. Jaws dropped open when both Harry and Draco kissed the obviously pregnant woman on the cheek and she giggled softly in return. "They won't be coming out of their room for a while."
"I'm shocked Alexia, you don't have much faith in me." the tall cursebreaker ambled towards them holding the hand of a young woman with long dark hair and striking blue eyes.
"How was I supposed to know that you won't keep Izzy in bed for the whole week? You've been in there for three days already."
"It's been three days?"
"Bill, what are you doing here? Since when did you get back to England?" an infuriated redhead asked his older brother.
"You've been so out of it." Harry snickered.
"And loud as well." Draco mumbled.
"Don't complain Dragon," the brunet turned to his blond husband. "You're not any different."
"At least I don't broadcast it to the whole dungeons."
"That's because we don't live in the dungeons." Alexia cut in and he flushed under her teasing gaze.
"You're late mutt."
"Sirius?!"
"Sorry Sev," the Grimm animagus walked towards his partner ignoring the exclamations from the two Gryffindors. "Remus needed my help with something."
"I don't care for your excuses."
"Don't worry about him Dad," Alexia said. "He's been grumpy the whole morning."
"Dad?"
"Who the hell are you?"
"Lexi, I'm touched." he grinned goofily at the young lady, the group pointedly ignoring the two fuming Gryffindors.
"Hurry up Nev!" both Granger and Weasley turned to the dark skinned Slytherin.
"It's not my fault I'm sluggish," the lanky teen yawned as he trailed slowly behind his partner. "If you hadn't kept me up all night, I might have more energy to spare."
"I didn't hear you complaining last night."
"Can't you two keep that kind of talk in your rooms?" Draco flashed them an annoyed glance.
"So you can flirt with your spouses but I can't?" Blaise retorted and the blond flushed once more.
"What the bloody hell is going on?"
"You know Draco, you shouldn't criticize other couples for things that we ourselves do."
"But Harry~"
"I'm so sorry!" another redhead was rushing towards them. "I lost track of time, I was talking to~"
"Charlie, calm down before you hurt yourself."
"'Nine's right Charlie~"
"~You really~"
"~Shouldn't~"
"~Talk and run at the same time!" the twins burst out laughing until they were both hit on the back of their heads by their girlfriends.
"Shut up!" Luna and Alexandria said at the same time.
"But Luna~" Fred whined.
"Xandi~" George did the same.
"Oh stop whining!" the two young women chorused once more.
"That freaks me out every time they do that." Charlie whispered to Bill who still had his arm around Isabella.
"Sometimes I don't even know who's supposed to be the twins." The eldest Weasley child agreed.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY FAMILY?"
"Now who are we still waiting for?" Alexia asked as though no one had just screamed aloud.
"Sorry we're late," Lucius sauntered towards the group with his family in tow. Caius had his hand grasped within his husband's, the other trained on the bassinet hovering above the ground carrying their three month old son Corvus.
"You're right on time Luc." Alexia smiled at the pair.
"WHAT ARE DEATH EATERS DOING IN THE CASTLE?" no one took heed of the fuming redhead, the brunette beside him wincing at the sound.
"Come on Ron, let's go."
"No, Hermione I want to know what's going on."
"We have to go."
"No~"
"We need to report to Dumbledore! He has to know what's going on inside his school!"
"I want to know why Harry is with the Slytherins. Why he's in cohorts with the Death Eaters. I want to know."
"Shut up Ronald Weasley! We have to report to Dumbledore." she dragged him away, the others not taking notice of their struggle as they moved away from the group.
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"I can't believe how easy that was." Blaise commented as their family settled down near the Black Lake for a picnic. It was a really nice warm day outside.
"I can't believe how quiet Weasley was." Neville said Harry and Draco snorting in reply. "What?"
"Lexi cast a Muffliato as soon as Bill and Isabella arrived." they replied in unison, looking pointedly at their wife who had the decency to blush.
"It's not my fault," her voice raised in her defense. "I didn't want him to cause a ruckus in the middle of the school!"
"Seems as if silencing charms have become your specialty, hasn't it Alexia?" Sirius waggled his eyebrows at his step-daughter who was sitting in between her husbands.
"Of course," she smiled a cheeky smile at the dog animagus. "With the way my husbands are I kind of need it." both young men blushed at their wife's honest words as she went on to rub her stomach as if to prove her point.
"Are you sure you should be outside right now?" Caius asked as Alexia yawned widely.
"It's such a nice day outside." she leaned back, settling her head on Harry's shoulder as both her husbands wrapped an arm around her waist for support. "Besides I've seen how bored you were when you were pregnant. I don't want that." she sighed contentedly as she basked in her mates' warmth unaware of her drooping eyelids or the amused smiles on their faces as she dozed off.
"Well she's already knackered." Sirius snickered. "I didn't think anything could zap her energy."
"You try carrying children, let's see you not get tired." Remus glared at his spouse having appeared from nowhere shocking the dog animagus. "You keep making fun of Alexia for being pregnant, have you ever thought about it when it happens to us?" Severus smirked gleefully as his husband paled at the thought.
"B-b-but Remy, I-I-I~"
"Shut up mutt," Severus decided to save him. "Before you dig yourself into a deeper hole."
"But Sev~"
"Don't whine Sirius," Lucius smirked at the man who was being double teamed by his husbands. He watched as Remus took a seat beside Severus, pointedly ignoring his other husband. "It's unbecoming of a Black."
"Shut up Lucius." Sirius muttered as the Fred and George lost control of their barely muffled snickers and finally lost it. They guffawed loudly at the Marauder who was looking put out. He pouted childishly while the rest laughed at his expense. Their family spent the time together throughout the afternoon until it was time for dinner.
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"The Golden Trio, not so Golden?"
The headline the next day of the Daily Prophet glared up at its reader in bright red ink. It was then followed by a testimony and quoted words from anonymous sources about the struggles between the boy-who-lived and his two best friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger.
"That little bitch will pay for this." he pushed away from the Gryffindor table and marched up to the Great Hall's doors and almost ran right into the person he was going to be looking for. "You!" he pulled his wand from his robes at Alexia who was slowly waddling her way towards the Great Hall, beside her stood Caius who was levitating his son's bassinet behind them. "You did this!" angry red sparks shot out of his wand in his anger, barely able to control his magic.
"Mr. Weasley, can I help you with something?" even though she was heavily pregnant, her obvious annoyance at being at the wrong end of a petulant child's wand could not be hidden, the quiet fury in her voice loud and clear for the suddenly quiet hall to hear.
"You took him from me!" he accused jabbing his wand at her, more sparks flying out sizzling through the air as they did. "I was his first friend! I was there for him through everything and you come into the picture and all of a sudden he doesn't even know me." Ronald ranted.
"Alexia, we need to get you out of here." Caius whispered just enough for the young woman to hear.
"We can't leave, he'll just chase us. I can't even run in this state. Just keep Corvus behind us."
"He's in cohorts with Slytherins and Death Eaters. I don't even know him anymore. I don't know what you did or how you did it but I know if I kill you I will free him."
"James, Scorp please tell me you're on your way to the Great Hall."
"We're rounding the corner Love, what's wrong?" Harry could hear the panic in her voice and was slightly scared.
"Your best friend Ron," she spat in their mind. "Has deemed it prudent to threaten me with his wand right in front of the entire student body."
"We'll be right there Angel." Draco answered as both he and Harry sped up and sprinted in the direction where they knew their wife would be.
"He's changed. He's not himself anymore and I know it's because of you."
"Ron!" Hermione's frantic voice reached their ears only to see her being restrained by Severus. Alexia hadn't noticed that while she was speaking to her husbands, the whole teaching staff had risen from their seats and ushered the students close to the walls of the Great Hall. "Stop it Ron! You can't take her!"
"Shut up you filthy little mudblood!" he spun around glaring, unmindful of the dark aura now surrounding him as he trained his wand on the potions master who was holding the struggling witch. "You're as much at fault as she is!" his body flared with power as he cackled maniacally. "If you'd been a good little bitch and listened to what I had said, no one would've had to die. Not your parents, or Mum and Dad. Not even Percy and his girlfriend Penny. If you'd listened to what Dumbledore said then they would still be here."
"Percy's not dead Ron, he never had a girlfriend named Penny. Molly and Arthur are alive and well, they're hiding from Dumbledore!"
"You're lying!" the redhead roared. "He killed them in front of me!" he screamed at her. "I saw him violate Mum and torture Dad before he took their life with that blasted spell."
"Ron's gone," Harry murmured as he watched the scene play out. "That's not him anymore. My best friend's dead." his shoulders slumped in defeat as a dome of dark energy surrounded the youngest Weasley son.
"Shit!" Draco trained his wand at the ready, silently alerting the professors to evacuate the Great Hall while the dome continued to grow. "We have to get everyone out of here!"
"Caius, take Corvus and meet your husband back in the Slytherin common room. He's in charge of the school so it might take some time before he can get there."
"I can't leave you three alone."
"And you can't stay here with your son."
"What about Alexia? Why is she staying?" all three men turned to the heavily pregnant young woman who in turn raised an eyebrow before answering.
"I'm not going anywhere."
"You won't be able to protect yourself in your state." Caius continued his protest.
"You'll be surprised." she smirked at him.
"Go Caius!" Harry urged the Transfiguration professor as a bolt of dark energy passed just above their heads. They all turned to see that Ronald's skin was peeling revealing older, wrinkled skin. His bones cracked as his body morphed taller, his hair becoming longer and losing the vibrant red shade, turning into a lackluster white.
"That damned old coot took his body!" Vibrant green energy burst forth, anger threatening to consume him at the thought of the former headmaster defiling his once best friend's body for his own sick purposes.
"Harry!" he was lost in the haze of rage, unable to comprehend his mates' voices as they called to him. "Harry!" pent up energy built up, swirling around him, slowly gaining speed.
"James!" dazed jade orbs cleared of their confusion as he stared back into bright purple ones. "Get a hold of yourself!" his wife urged him as his magic crackled around them both, licking at their skin like liquid fire but not entirely hurtful, merely hot to the touch. "Don't let your anger consume you." she reminded him. "We trained for this. Don't focus on revenge." she raised one hand to caress his face as the rage slowly seeped out of him.
"I'm sorry Love."
"It's alright James," she smiled at him, a dome of pure white energy surrounding them both as Draco joined them. They held hands and turned back towards the Hall where a shriveled up version of the defeater of Grindelwald stood glaring menacingly at them, their combined powers raising up to the ceiling, trapping the dark wizard within the confines of the Great Hall. "What do you think Scorp, can we take him?"
"You little bitch!" Draco's answer was cut off by the angry growl, both young men snarling at the word Alexia was called. "I was so close to ruling the world..." his energy grew higher, more sparks shooting off from the dark power he emitted. "I should've killed your mother long before she had you!" he sent a cutting curse towards her, the spell deflected easily by the shield around them.
"You're getting weak Dumbledore." Draco taunted. "What's wrong?" the older wizard stumbled slightly as the strength of the trio's magic descended upon him. Black and white clashing, mixing in some areas until the power was thrown off by the pure energy of the Triad.
"You were supposed to believe in the prophecy! I was supposed to be your hero!" the old man turned towards his former "puppet" as he spoke. "You should've listened blindly to me and did everything I told you to."
"Too many things didn't add up Dumbledore." Harry shrugged nonchalantly. "Contrary to popular belief I do think on my own and most of the time only in the presence of those people whom I know I can trust."
"You should've lost hope!" the former headmaster's magic fought against the charmed ceiling. "But that old whale of a man couldn't even do one thing right!"
"You ordered him to hurt Harry." Draco's voice echoed across the Hall. The statement was said in an angry whisper and yet it was loud and clear.
"Of course I did," the blond shook with anger as the older wizards sneered. "I had to keep my pawn in control."
"You hurt him!" the Slytherin Ice Prince snarled as the overwhelming anger threatened to consume him. A slight look at his Gryffindor husband and his rage began to build at the pain in the emerald orbs. He made to move across, one long stride escaping before he could keep himself under control.
"Scorp, no," Alexia pulled him back. "This is exactly what he wants. You have to stay calm."
"Calm?" he whirled on her, anger blinding him. "He hurt Harry! He was the one who orchestrated all the pain that happened to our husband and you're asking me to keep calm?" he would've continued on had he not seen the flash of hurt in her purple orbs. "I-I... Angel..."
"It's alright Scorp," she smiled in understanding. "It's not your fault." she held her hand out to him and tightened her grip on Harry's.
"I love you Angel."
"I love you too Scorp." he stepped into her arms and wrapped both of his around her waist, in as comfortable a position as they could get with her rounded tummy between them.
"I'm feeling left out now," Harry pouted as he settled behind Alexia and wrapped his arms around both her and Draco. He kissed her just behind her ear, his hands rubbing up and down his husband's arms as he flashed Draco a lascivious look.
"You know we don't do it deliberately," Draco responded with a heated look of his own as he leaned forward slowly to capture the brunet's lips in a sweet kiss.
"I think you do it on purpose just to torture me." Harry replied just as a curse rebounded at Draco's back.
"When did you put up the silencing and the protective spell?" the silver eyed young man asked their wife.
"As soon as we stepped inside and the doors closed behind us." she informed them as she sighed happily in their embrace. Another curse was reflected by their protective barrier as they continued to speak.
"You're not using your magic are you?" Harry asked from behind.
"Of course not." she intoned in a bored drawl worthy of a Malfoy.
"I am so proud of you." Draco kissed her forehead and flashed her a bright smile.
"It's such a Malfoy moment." Harry rolled his eyes as another spell hit the protego surrounding them.
"I'm getting bored." Draco said as he slowly released his spouses.
"Should we get this over with?" Harry too stepped away from her and took his position on Alexia's right while Draco took the left.
"Do you think we can beat him?"
"Of course we can." Draco smirked at Dumbledore who had flushed an ugly shade of purple. "After all, we are who we are."
"Right you are Dragon." Harry mirrored his reaction to the question.
"The Phoenix Triad."
Who wants a fight scene? Tell me please so I can decide whether or not I would write one or simply go on to the epilogue.
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