Chapter 2
"Very well Lucius, he can stay with you."
"Thank you Dumbledore, I promise, you won't regret this," Lucius said.
"However you must promise me that along with everything else he grows up with he will grow up knowing about his parents. He has to know," Dumbledore said.
"Of course, Dumbledore," Lucius said, moving toward the door, "I must go home now. Narcissa will be worrying." As he left Dumbledore gave one last thought.
"Good luck Lucius."
***
"Lucius, how did it go? What did Dumbledore say?" Narcissa asked her husband as he walked in. Both Harry and their son Draco were sleeping in cradles she had brought downstairs. Lucius looked at both boys before speaking.
"Narcissa, Draco now has a brother."
***
10 years later
Draco Malfoy ran up the stairs of Malfoy Manor to his adopted brothers room. Harry Potter was still asleep, but not for long, Draco was going to make sure of that.
Draco opened the door to Harry's room slowly. He wished that they could share a room like normal brothers, but he wasn't worrying about that just now. Draco crept around to the side of Harry's bed.
"Harry..." he whispered, "Harry, HARRY!" Draco screamed it the last time.
"Ahh!" Harry screamed and fell out of bed. He got up and saw Draco also collapsed on the floor, laughing. Harry threw his pillow at his adopted brother, hitting him squarely in the face. The pillow exploded, causing them both to collapse on the floor laughing again, surrounded by falling feathers. Just then their mothers voice rang up from the kitchen, "What is going on up there!"
"Nothing Mother," the two boys said in unison. Harry threw on some clothes and raced Draco downstairs. As they both sat down at the table at the same time there was a simultaneous screaming of "I win!" before they both burst out laughing again. Lucius chortled as he watched his two boys. When the two of them had finally quieted down he held out two letters, one for each boy.
"Are those-" Draco began
"Our letters?" Harry finished the sentence.
"Well, they have the Hogwarts seal on them," Lucius chortled again. Both boys immediately tore open the letters and looked at them, with identical looks of anticipation upon their faces.
Harry looked at down his letter. It read,
Dear Mr. Potter
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary supplies and schoolbooks. Term starts on Sept 1st. We await your owl by no later than July 31st.
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Harry frowned down at the last line, then looked at Draco. He too was frowning at the last line.
"Father, today is the 31st," Draco said, "There's no way an owl could get all the way to Hogwarts in less than twenty four hours."
"The letters came last night, after you two were both asleep. I new what it was, and Hogwarts dates are always the same. So I sent your replies out last night," Lucius smiled at his two boys. Both were grinning again. "So, I believe today was special for another reason. Happy Birthday Harry."
"Yes it isn't everyday a young man turns eleven," Narcissa Malfoy walked in and sat next to her husband.
"Yeah, you know what this means, right Draco," Harry teased, "For the next seven weeks I am officially older than you!" Both boys laughed. Harry said this every year, but it still made them crack up.
"So are we going to go into Diagon Ally today?" Draco asked.
"No, we will go in a week or two," Lucius said.
"But we always go on our birthdays," Harry said.
"Yes, but Draco won't be here September 28th, will he? So we thought we would just make one trip, somewhere in the middle. And you will get your school things then too."
***
Harry and Draco woke up early on the morning of August 15th. The family would be going into Diagon Ally today, and they wanted to get an early start. They raced each other downstairs, and sat down simultaneously at the breakfast table, and eagerly loaded their plates with the sausages and eggs that the house elves were bringing in. When breakfast was finished, Lucius went into the drawing room and returned with a bag of Floo Powder. He threw a pinch in the fire, took out another bit himself, and then passed the bag to Harry. Harry took a pinch of Floo Powder, then passed the bag to Draco, smirking. Contrary to popular belief, the Malfoy smirk is
not heredity, it's picked up. And Harry was just as good at it as Draco. Draco took the pouch, took a pinch of Floo Powder with a grimace on his face, and then passed the bag to his mother. Draco wasn't very fond of Floo Powder.
Lucius strode over to fire, threw his Floo Powder inside and stepped into the fire, saying quite loudly but still being proper "The Leaky Cauldron." Harry followed. He threw in the Floo Powder, stepped into the fire, and with one last smirk over his shoulder at Draco shouted "The Leaky Cauldron." Draco went next. He threw in the powder, stepped in, and swallowed a mouthful of soot. "The Le-, Leaky Cau-, Diagon Ally!" he shouted, through a series of coughs. Narcissa followed her husband and son's.
Harry flew out of the fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron. He stood up, brushed some soot off his robes, and turned around waiting for Draco to come speeding out of the fireplace. He wasn't disappointed. Draco came whizzing out, just seconds after Harry. Draco however didn't regain his composure nearly as fast as Harry though. Draco landed flat on his face on the floor of the Leaky Cauldron. Harry held out a hand to help up his brother, but he was almost on the floor himself, he was laughing so hard.
The three Malfoys and Harry all entered Gringotts Wizarding Bank five minutes later. A goblin immediately hurried over to them.
"Mr. Malfoy," the goblin said, bowing low, "What can I do for you today?"
"We need to go to vault 6582 and extract some money so we can get school supplies for Harry and Draco," Lucius said.
"And I want to go to 937 please," Harry said. Lucius stared at him. "What?! I want to get some money out of my own vault. I need to get a birthday present from my parents, and I want to get a present for Draco that's from me for once."
"Harry, you know we want you to save your money for when you're done with school. That's when you're going to need it," Narcissa said.
"But I can't use it then if I don't learn how to manage my money now," Harry said. Lucius smiled at Harry.
"Alright then, vault 937 also."
"Well, if Harry's getting me something, I need to get him something too," Draco said, "It's only fair." Draco grinned at Harry, who grinned back.
"Yes, yes. So, vault 6582 and vault 937," Lucius said to the goblin, who immediately went to get a cart for them.
Twenty minutes later Harry and Draco were running outside of Gringotts, moneybags full to bursting, waiting for their parents. Lucius and Narcissa came out minutes later, smiling at Draco and Harry.
"Well. Two energetic little guys we've got here," Narcissa said happily, "I don't know if we can keep up."
"We could go alone," Draco said.
"Yeah, we'll stay in Diagon Ally," Harry added, trying to persuade them.
"I don't know..." Lucius said.
"Please," Harry and Draco said together.
"Well, it's all right with me."
"YES!!" Draco and Harry screamed. Then both ran down the marble entry stairs, off toward the shops that held all their school supplies.
OK, so this one doesn't have an option. Just go to chapter 3. That's the best you can do.
"Very well Lucius, he can stay with you."
"Thank you Dumbledore, I promise, you won't regret this," Lucius said.
"However you must promise me that along with everything else he grows up with he will grow up knowing about his parents. He has to know," Dumbledore said.
"Of course, Dumbledore," Lucius said, moving toward the door, "I must go home now. Narcissa will be worrying." As he left Dumbledore gave one last thought.
"Good luck Lucius."
***
"Lucius, how did it go? What did Dumbledore say?" Narcissa asked her husband as he walked in. Both Harry and their son Draco were sleeping in cradles she had brought downstairs. Lucius looked at both boys before speaking.
"Narcissa, Draco now has a brother."
***
10 years later
Draco Malfoy ran up the stairs of Malfoy Manor to his adopted brothers room. Harry Potter was still asleep, but not for long, Draco was going to make sure of that.
Draco opened the door to Harry's room slowly. He wished that they could share a room like normal brothers, but he wasn't worrying about that just now. Draco crept around to the side of Harry's bed.
"Harry..." he whispered, "Harry, HARRY!" Draco screamed it the last time.
"Ahh!" Harry screamed and fell out of bed. He got up and saw Draco also collapsed on the floor, laughing. Harry threw his pillow at his adopted brother, hitting him squarely in the face. The pillow exploded, causing them both to collapse on the floor laughing again, surrounded by falling feathers. Just then their mothers voice rang up from the kitchen, "What is going on up there!"
"Nothing Mother," the two boys said in unison. Harry threw on some clothes and raced Draco downstairs. As they both sat down at the table at the same time there was a simultaneous screaming of "I win!" before they both burst out laughing again. Lucius chortled as he watched his two boys. When the two of them had finally quieted down he held out two letters, one for each boy.
"Are those-" Draco began
"Our letters?" Harry finished the sentence.
"Well, they have the Hogwarts seal on them," Lucius chortled again. Both boys immediately tore open the letters and looked at them, with identical looks of anticipation upon their faces.
Harry looked at down his letter. It read,
Dear Mr. Potter
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary supplies and schoolbooks. Term starts on Sept 1st. We await your owl by no later than July 31st.
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Harry frowned down at the last line, then looked at Draco. He too was frowning at the last line.
"Father, today is the 31st," Draco said, "There's no way an owl could get all the way to Hogwarts in less than twenty four hours."
"The letters came last night, after you two were both asleep. I new what it was, and Hogwarts dates are always the same. So I sent your replies out last night," Lucius smiled at his two boys. Both were grinning again. "So, I believe today was special for another reason. Happy Birthday Harry."
"Yes it isn't everyday a young man turns eleven," Narcissa Malfoy walked in and sat next to her husband.
"Yeah, you know what this means, right Draco," Harry teased, "For the next seven weeks I am officially older than you!" Both boys laughed. Harry said this every year, but it still made them crack up.
"So are we going to go into Diagon Ally today?" Draco asked.
"No, we will go in a week or two," Lucius said.
"But we always go on our birthdays," Harry said.
"Yes, but Draco won't be here September 28th, will he? So we thought we would just make one trip, somewhere in the middle. And you will get your school things then too."
***
Harry and Draco woke up early on the morning of August 15th. The family would be going into Diagon Ally today, and they wanted to get an early start. They raced each other downstairs, and sat down simultaneously at the breakfast table, and eagerly loaded their plates with the sausages and eggs that the house elves were bringing in. When breakfast was finished, Lucius went into the drawing room and returned with a bag of Floo Powder. He threw a pinch in the fire, took out another bit himself, and then passed the bag to Harry. Harry took a pinch of Floo Powder, then passed the bag to Draco, smirking. Contrary to popular belief, the Malfoy smirk is
not heredity, it's picked up. And Harry was just as good at it as Draco. Draco took the pouch, took a pinch of Floo Powder with a grimace on his face, and then passed the bag to his mother. Draco wasn't very fond of Floo Powder.
Lucius strode over to fire, threw his Floo Powder inside and stepped into the fire, saying quite loudly but still being proper "The Leaky Cauldron." Harry followed. He threw in the Floo Powder, stepped into the fire, and with one last smirk over his shoulder at Draco shouted "The Leaky Cauldron." Draco went next. He threw in the powder, stepped in, and swallowed a mouthful of soot. "The Le-, Leaky Cau-, Diagon Ally!" he shouted, through a series of coughs. Narcissa followed her husband and son's.
Harry flew out of the fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron. He stood up, brushed some soot off his robes, and turned around waiting for Draco to come speeding out of the fireplace. He wasn't disappointed. Draco came whizzing out, just seconds after Harry. Draco however didn't regain his composure nearly as fast as Harry though. Draco landed flat on his face on the floor of the Leaky Cauldron. Harry held out a hand to help up his brother, but he was almost on the floor himself, he was laughing so hard.
The three Malfoys and Harry all entered Gringotts Wizarding Bank five minutes later. A goblin immediately hurried over to them.
"Mr. Malfoy," the goblin said, bowing low, "What can I do for you today?"
"We need to go to vault 6582 and extract some money so we can get school supplies for Harry and Draco," Lucius said.
"And I want to go to 937 please," Harry said. Lucius stared at him. "What?! I want to get some money out of my own vault. I need to get a birthday present from my parents, and I want to get a present for Draco that's from me for once."
"Harry, you know we want you to save your money for when you're done with school. That's when you're going to need it," Narcissa said.
"But I can't use it then if I don't learn how to manage my money now," Harry said. Lucius smiled at Harry.
"Alright then, vault 937 also."
"Well, if Harry's getting me something, I need to get him something too," Draco said, "It's only fair." Draco grinned at Harry, who grinned back.
"Yes, yes. So, vault 6582 and vault 937," Lucius said to the goblin, who immediately went to get a cart for them.
Twenty minutes later Harry and Draco were running outside of Gringotts, moneybags full to bursting, waiting for their parents. Lucius and Narcissa came out minutes later, smiling at Draco and Harry.
"Well. Two energetic little guys we've got here," Narcissa said happily, "I don't know if we can keep up."
"We could go alone," Draco said.
"Yeah, we'll stay in Diagon Ally," Harry added, trying to persuade them.
"I don't know..." Lucius said.
"Please," Harry and Draco said together.
"Well, it's all right with me."
"YES!!" Draco and Harry screamed. Then both ran down the marble entry stairs, off toward the shops that held all their school supplies.
OK, so this one doesn't have an option. Just go to chapter 3. That's the best you can do.