Chapter Forty Three

Harry woke up, screaming at the top of his lungs. His lover blinked the sleep from his eyes quickly. Severus grabbed him and held him still until the teen was weeping quietly in his arms.

"Harry, it was just a nightmare. It's okay; it was just a nightmare," Severus whispered as he rocked back and forth slightly, trying to calm his love. Harry sniffled loudly and clung to him tightly.

"Don't leave me. Please don't leave me," Harry whimpered, burying his face into Severus's hair.

"Harry, never. I won't ever leave you," Severus kissed the other man's neck.

"Don't leave me," Harry repeated, as if he hadn't heard the Slytherin. Severus held him as he cried himself back to sleep. The Potions Master fell asleep not long after, hoping that his Harry would have no more nightmares.

***

When the Boy-Who-Lived awoke the next morning, he had no memory of the nightmare. Severus was already up, and had the house elves send down breakfast. Harry had a cup of tea placed in his hands the moment he got out of bed.

"My eyes are sore. Urgh," Harry groaned and wiped at tem from under his glasses.

"You had a nightmare last night, and woke up crying," Severus told him after he gave a good morning kiss.

"Great," Harry muttered dryly. "What was I babbling this time?"

Severus was a little surprised at Harry's slight anger at having been caught after his nightmare. "You asked me not to leave."

Severus pulled the Gryffindor into his arms as he continued. "I said never."

Harry kissed him deeply, and breakfast was forgotten.

***

"Hi, Harry," Remus smiled at him as the Boy-Who-Lived bound into the room wearing a huge grin.

"Merlin," Draco shook his head as Harry gave him a big hug.

"Hey, breakfast!" Harry sat down and picked up a kipper. "We didn't get to breakfast."

"That's my Harry!" Sirius grinned as he came into the living room, buttoning the last button on his dressy shirt.

"You're corrupting him," Remus glared at his husband.

"I was already corrupt," Harry smirked while spreading marmalade on a slice of toast.

"You can't get much more corrupt than Harry is," Draco grinned, causing his friend to glare.

"There are many different types and levels of corrupt," Sirius said after kissing his mate.

"You would know this," Harry chuckled.

Sirius glared at his godson slightly.

"So we all ready?" Remus asked as the Boy-Who-Lived shoved the toast into his mouth.

"I am," Draco and Sirius replied in unison. Harry had the decency to swallow his food before answering that he was as well. Remus nodded and grabbed the pot of floor powder on the top of the mantle.

"Floo powder makes me sick," Harry glowered at the magical powder.

"It only takes a minute, you big baby," Draco rolled his eyes.

"You two are already bickering like brothers," Remus shook his head at the two.

"And you're already acting like their mother," Sirius grinned and snorted.

"Would you just go through?" Remus glared as the other three men sniggered.

"Ministry Adoption Department!" Sirius said, and stepped into the fire.

"Go on, boys," Remus nodded to the seventh years.

"Ministry Adoption Department!" Harry shouted after removing his glasses.

***

Sirius caught Harry as he tumbled out of the fireplace.

"Thanks, Padfoot," Harry grinned as he put on his glasses and began dusting soot of off himself. He moaned slightly as he stumbled backwards.

"Are you all right?" Sirius helped him regain his balance as Draco landed very ungracefully on his backside.

"Just a little fireplace vertigo," Harry grimaced in sympathy as Draco stood and rubbed his sit upon.

"You'd think that they'd put something three," Draco moaned and winced as he touched a tender spot. He quickly moved away from the fireplace as it lit up with Remus's impending arrival.

Sirius made to catch his husband, but both canines landed in a heap on the floor. Draco and Harry sniggered as the two tried to untangle themselves.

"I appreciate the help, Sirius, but next time, don't bother," Remus said as he stood up. Sirius glared at him slightly as he pulled himself into standing.

"C'mon," Harry said as he shook off his dizziness. The four walked out of the floo room and into the main lobby of that part of the Ministry. In the lobby sat two couples, a man and woman, and a lesbian couple. The two women held a small baby wrapped in blue, and the woman of the heterosexual couple had a little balancing on her knee. They all were occupied with themselves, and they didn't notice the Boy-Who-Lived, the Infamous Sirius Black, and the son of Lucius Malfoy.

Remus took the forms and went up to the receptionist. Draco, Sirius, and Harry sat.

"Oh, babies," Draco began.

"Pregnant. Diapers?"

"Smelly." Draco wrinkled his nose. "Bottle."

"Milk." Harry returned. "Orange Juice."

"Burns coming out your nose." Draco sniggered. Harry glared at him, remembering when he'd done that in sixth year. Sirius shook his head at the two as Draco launched into the explanation.

"I don't know what was said, but the funniest thing I have ever seen was orange juice coming out of Harry's nose on Christmas. Best Christmas present ever, if you weren't sitting next to him," Draco smirked, and Harry hit the back of his head. "Hey, jerk!"

"Moron."

"Prat."

"Ass."

"Witch."

"Look who's talking! I bet you still have that pink tutu." Harry sneered at the blonde.

"Alright, alright, you two." Sirius glared at them.

"Come on, you three." Remus said from the door to the officiator's office.

***

"Honestly! You two have been brothers for less than seven minutes, and you're already wearing on my last nerve," Sirius groaned as Harry and Draco continued to bicker. The two glared at him as they walked out of the Ministry building.

"We're just making up for lost time," Harry grinned brightly, surprising them all with the sudden mood change. Harry latched onto Sirius's arm and beamed up at him.

Suddenly, Harry stood up straight and flattened his hair over his scar and looked down to hide his face. Draco glared at the surrounding people, even though they were ignoring them as if they wore regular people.

"Harry, Minerva cast a spell on us so that to everyone else, we look like different people," Remus smiled at him.

"So they aren't staring at me?" Harry raised his eyes slightly.

"Nope. Only a few select people can see you." Sirius grinned at him.

"It's on advanced form of a glamour charm," Remus explained.

"How come we weren't told of this?" Draco asked, a bit mad that they'd made Harry worry.

"I guess we just forgot," Sirius shrugged. "It's not like we can tell that it's on us."

"It doesn't matter," Harry said, knowing that Draco was getting mad. "Come on. Let's go to Ollivander's."

The family walked down the busy street to the wand shop with Harry still wary of the crowd.

As they neared the shop, a black robed wizard ran out of the shop and through the crowd as if a dragon were after him. Harry furrowed his brow end began walking faster. He pulled at Sirius's arm.

"Something bad has happened," Harry muttered to the others. "My scar itches."

"It itches?" Remus gasped.

"Voldemort's dead." Draco pulled out his wand.

"But there are still Death Eaters," Harry said, stopping.

"You shouldn't be able to feel the Death Eaters," Sirius looked concerned.

"I was connected to Voldemort through my scar, and the Death Eaters were connected to him through the Dark Mark. Those still loyal to the bastard still have the mark. And while it won't feel like my head's exploding, I still should be able to tell when they do something." Harry started walking again, this time he let go of his new father and walked ahead.

"He could be right," Remus nodded and followed the Gryffindor.

They walked to the door of the hand shop and Harry, being first to reach it, pushed it open. The four gasped as they looked in the sight before them.

The wand-maker was lying on his back, his face forever frozen a silent scream of terror.

End Chapter Forty-Three

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