Title: Harry Potter and the Abandon Dragon
Chapter: Children: Who is the father?
Summary: To survive the War Draco made a deal with Harry, to win the war Harry made a deal with Draco. What happens next? Pairing: Draco/Harry, Lucius/Snape/Remus
Warning: slash and everything else.
Chapter 3
Malfoy Manor
7 years later
"Salazar Draco Malfoy and Lily Anastasia Malfoy, get down here now, or I will go to Diagon Ally by myself," Draco yelled. Suddenly he heard the pounding of two sets of children feet. Draco suppressed a chuckle; nothing got his children moving fast than missing out on a trip to Diagon Ally.
As his kids approached Draco looked them over with pride in his eyes, his son looked more and more like him everyday, with his platinum blonde hair and silver eyes. Lily, on the other hand, did not favor any other Malfoy in recorded history; her long auburn hair and emerald green eyes must come from Potter's family. That was only fitting, because Draco had given in to sentimentality and named her after Harry's mother, Lily Evans Potter. Severus and Lucius had assured him at Lily's birth that she even looked like Harry's mother, and it was they who suggested the name. Since his fathers had helped him so much, first against Voldemort, then accepting and helping him with his pregnancy, Draco did not have it in his heart to refuse their request.
"Daddy, when are we leaving?" Lily asked him.
"Well we can go right now!" Draco answered. Taking his children by the hand he led them to the fireplace. Draco picked up Lily, grabbed a hand full of floo power and threw it into the flames, then in a loud clear voice called out "Leaky Caldron." Grabbing onto Salazar's hand, Draco and his family stepped into the flame. After a smooth trip they were spat out into the Leaky Caldron's empty common room. Draco put Lily down and began to dust the three of them off. Nudging his children he took their hands and they were off.
The Malfoys spent the whole day shopping: the candy store, then the bookshop, then clothes shopping. As it got later in the afternoon, Draco took his children to the ice cream parlor for a break. After finishing an obscene amount of ice cream, the kids began to fidget. Noticing a familiar figure, both kids jumped up and yelled, "Grandpa Sev!" Not waiting for their father's permission they ran right into the open arms of Severus Snape, who had been walking with his mate Remus Lupin.
Remus was surprised to see his normally composed mate openly showing affection, much less to two children in public. From what he heard of the conversation he knew that the two children were brother and sister, and from the boy's looks he knew they had to be Malfoys, which would explain Severus' affection for them. But when Remus turned to the girl child, he felt his heart stop. For before him stood an exact replica of Lily Potter. Unnoticing of his mate's consternation, Severus picked the children up and walked over to a waiting Draco.
It took Remus a moment to get over his shock, and when he had sufficiently recovered, he knew he needed to get answers to the questions that began to flood his mind. Taking a seat next to his mate and smiling, Remus said "Draco, hello. It has been awhile since I saw you. Am I correct to assume that these two beautiful children are yours?"
With an open smile at the compliment, Draco looked up at Remus and answered, "Yes, these beautiful things are indeed my children." Engaging, he continued, "So Remus, how has life been treating you?"
There were a few minutes of polite conversation, and then Draco introduced the kids to Remus. "Remus, this is Salazar and Lily Malfoy."
Remus' eyes widened as he heard the girl's name, as he began to wonder, 'why does this little girl, who is even named Lily, look so much like my departed friend?' Remus started to imagine plots where the Slytherins engaged in experiments and created a clone of Lily. 'But to what end?' he mentally questioned. Shaking his head to get rid of his insane notions, he held out his hand to shake theirs and greeted, "Nice to meet you."
Together the twins said, "Nice to meet you." Then Salazar continued, "Grandpa Sev told us all about you. He said that you are sort of our Grandpa too, so that we have three of you."
Then Lily leaned into him and whispered quite loudly, "He even told us that you were a wolf and he promised us that when we get older we could play with you. He said since you take special medicine you wouldn't hurt us. But we have to stay away from other wolves because he has not tamed them as he has tamed you."
Severus and Draco choked on their ice cream as they heard what Lily said, and an embarrassed flush spread across Severus' face.
Laughing and looking into the sheepish onyx eyes of his mate Remus said, "Tamed me huh?" At the little girl's nod, he continued, "Maybe, maybe. How old are you guys?"
Together they said, "We are six, but in a few months we are going to be seven. Is that grown up enough, to play with you?"
Remus put a serious look on his face, and replied, "I don't know. You'll have to ask your mother and father."
The twins paused, and then Salazar said, "We don't have a mother. We have daddy, Grandpa Lucius, Grandpa Severus and you."
Remus pondered all the data he had collected and the pieces did not add up. Needing to make it fit, Remus tentatively spoke, "Draco, I have a few questions, if you don't mind. Is there a reason I was never told that you had children? I am feeling a little hurt and left out. Is it to do with your children's mother? Your Lily greatly resembles another Lily I used to know, and that has me a little curious, I must admit."
The smile on Draco face dimmed but did not disappear as he answered with a canny half-truth; "The answer to your first question is that I prevented Severus from telling you, with a wizard's oath. Trust me when I say every year Severus asked to be released so that he may tell you. I am very interested in my privacy when it comes to my kids: the circumstances surrounding their birth were difficult, and explaining the situation to every interested passer-by would be very uncomfortable for me. Obviously, their other parent was not interested in remaining with me after their delivery, and it's a sore point for me."
Taking a breath, Draco continued, "Your curiosity about Lily is more easily explained: Severus and Lucius also thought my Lily resemble a Lily of times past, it was they who suggested her name. Her coloring is unusual for a Malfoy, but genetics can be tricky things."
"So who was their mother?" It was unlike Remus to press so deliberately, yet he knew that there was something that they were not telling him. Surely if it was just a difficult break-up, they would have told him about the twins a long time ago.
After the war, Remus' relationship with Severus had been strained, considering that although Remus was mated to him, he was married to another man. Remus and Lucius had spent a long time working out how to share the man they loved. There was a lot of hurt and hard feelings, and the three men were constantly meeting, discussing, and trying to work things out. Given the twins' age, their delivery must have been going on right in the midst of all that confusion, so Remus could understand why he was not informed right away. Afterwards, though, it did not make sense. Either the Malfoys had been playing games with him, or they had something to hide. Determined to get to the bottom of this, Remus pushed for answers.
With a look of visible reluctance, Draco asked Severus, "Can you please take the kids for a walk, while I explain a few things to your mate?"
Showing a strained smile Severus agreed and left with the children. When they were far enough away Draco turned back to Reamus. "First let me again apologize for having Severus keep you in the dark, he really wanted to tell you and share the joys of grand-fatherhood with you. Now is there a chance that you'll just accept that I have two kids and let the rest go?"
Remus could tell that Draco really wanted him to let this go but something was really nagging at him. Though he was reluctant to damage his relationship with Draco, he forced out, "No, something is telling me this is important."
Nodding, since he had expected such a response, Draco asked "Will you swear a Wizard's Oath to me then, that you will not tell anyone anything I tell you about the twins?"
The instant he heard Draco's request something inside him recoiled at the idea of taking the Oath. Again refusing gently he said, "No. I'm sorry, but no."
Draco quietly replied, "Without the Oath there is very little I can tell you but here is what I can. The twins do not have a mother, I carried them within me, they are the product of two wizards."
Remus thought about this, realizing that while being gay was relatively accepted within the wizarding world, male pregnancies were incredibly rare. Was Draco hiding his pregnancy simply to avoid the spotlight? Still, there was still the matter of his daughter's appearance. Lily Potter had been a muggle-born, and so it was unlikely that Draco had met up with any of her muggle relatives. The only actual wizard alive carrying Lily's genes was Harry, her son. Suddenly struck by this new possibly, Remus asked in disbelief, "Are you telling me that Harry is the other father?"
"Without a wizard oath I am not telling you who the other father of my children is." Draco said.
Remus, who was normally an incredibly gentle man, was finally losing his temper- always a dangerous thing for a werewolf to do. Remus spoke as if Draco had confirmed his belief. "You bastard, Harry must be father. He had a right to know about them and be a part of their lives. How could you have kept this from him? How could you have prevented Severus from telling Harry and I? Harry has always wanted a family to love and care for, he is the godfather to his best friend's children while all this time he had his own. I thought you had managed to overcome the darkness of the Malfoy line, but this, Draco Malfoy, shows how very inhuman you still are. I can't believe you were so evil and spiteful that you took this chance away from Harry, not to mention never even thinking about what would be best for your children."
Anger and humiliation wrapped around Draco but he refused to give into it. Instead he braced himself and spoke to Remus in a very low and dangerous voice. "Let me make myself very clear," Draco growled. "I am not telling you who the other father of my children is; and for your information the father was informed of his children's birth and I was told to go to hell and take my children with me. So don't you dare judge me, Remus Lupin."
With that said, Draco stood up and left the ice cream parlor, leaving Remus sitting there angry and confused. Draco quickly followed a point me spell to his children, determined to get home right away. He knew that Remus would confront Harry, and Draco wanted to make sure that the children were out of the line of fire. Considering the harshness of Harry's brush-off in the letter, Draco thought it was quite likely that Harry would get mad now that his dirty little secret was now out in the open.
Entering a magical pet shop the twins must have dragged Severus to, Draco informed Severus of his conversation with Remus and flooed his children home.
Chapter: Children: Who is the father?
Summary: To survive the War Draco made a deal with Harry, to win the war Harry made a deal with Draco. What happens next? Pairing: Draco/Harry, Lucius/Snape/Remus
Warning: slash and everything else.
Chapter 3
Malfoy Manor
7 years later
"Salazar Draco Malfoy and Lily Anastasia Malfoy, get down here now, or I will go to Diagon Ally by myself," Draco yelled. Suddenly he heard the pounding of two sets of children feet. Draco suppressed a chuckle; nothing got his children moving fast than missing out on a trip to Diagon Ally.
As his kids approached Draco looked them over with pride in his eyes, his son looked more and more like him everyday, with his platinum blonde hair and silver eyes. Lily, on the other hand, did not favor any other Malfoy in recorded history; her long auburn hair and emerald green eyes must come from Potter's family. That was only fitting, because Draco had given in to sentimentality and named her after Harry's mother, Lily Evans Potter. Severus and Lucius had assured him at Lily's birth that she even looked like Harry's mother, and it was they who suggested the name. Since his fathers had helped him so much, first against Voldemort, then accepting and helping him with his pregnancy, Draco did not have it in his heart to refuse their request.
"Daddy, when are we leaving?" Lily asked him.
"Well we can go right now!" Draco answered. Taking his children by the hand he led them to the fireplace. Draco picked up Lily, grabbed a hand full of floo power and threw it into the flames, then in a loud clear voice called out "Leaky Caldron." Grabbing onto Salazar's hand, Draco and his family stepped into the flame. After a smooth trip they were spat out into the Leaky Caldron's empty common room. Draco put Lily down and began to dust the three of them off. Nudging his children he took their hands and they were off.
The Malfoys spent the whole day shopping: the candy store, then the bookshop, then clothes shopping. As it got later in the afternoon, Draco took his children to the ice cream parlor for a break. After finishing an obscene amount of ice cream, the kids began to fidget. Noticing a familiar figure, both kids jumped up and yelled, "Grandpa Sev!" Not waiting for their father's permission they ran right into the open arms of Severus Snape, who had been walking with his mate Remus Lupin.
Remus was surprised to see his normally composed mate openly showing affection, much less to two children in public. From what he heard of the conversation he knew that the two children were brother and sister, and from the boy's looks he knew they had to be Malfoys, which would explain Severus' affection for them. But when Remus turned to the girl child, he felt his heart stop. For before him stood an exact replica of Lily Potter. Unnoticing of his mate's consternation, Severus picked the children up and walked over to a waiting Draco.
It took Remus a moment to get over his shock, and when he had sufficiently recovered, he knew he needed to get answers to the questions that began to flood his mind. Taking a seat next to his mate and smiling, Remus said "Draco, hello. It has been awhile since I saw you. Am I correct to assume that these two beautiful children are yours?"
With an open smile at the compliment, Draco looked up at Remus and answered, "Yes, these beautiful things are indeed my children." Engaging, he continued, "So Remus, how has life been treating you?"
There were a few minutes of polite conversation, and then Draco introduced the kids to Remus. "Remus, this is Salazar and Lily Malfoy."
Remus' eyes widened as he heard the girl's name, as he began to wonder, 'why does this little girl, who is even named Lily, look so much like my departed friend?' Remus started to imagine plots where the Slytherins engaged in experiments and created a clone of Lily. 'But to what end?' he mentally questioned. Shaking his head to get rid of his insane notions, he held out his hand to shake theirs and greeted, "Nice to meet you."
Together the twins said, "Nice to meet you." Then Salazar continued, "Grandpa Sev told us all about you. He said that you are sort of our Grandpa too, so that we have three of you."
Then Lily leaned into him and whispered quite loudly, "He even told us that you were a wolf and he promised us that when we get older we could play with you. He said since you take special medicine you wouldn't hurt us. But we have to stay away from other wolves because he has not tamed them as he has tamed you."
Severus and Draco choked on their ice cream as they heard what Lily said, and an embarrassed flush spread across Severus' face.
Laughing and looking into the sheepish onyx eyes of his mate Remus said, "Tamed me huh?" At the little girl's nod, he continued, "Maybe, maybe. How old are you guys?"
Together they said, "We are six, but in a few months we are going to be seven. Is that grown up enough, to play with you?"
Remus put a serious look on his face, and replied, "I don't know. You'll have to ask your mother and father."
The twins paused, and then Salazar said, "We don't have a mother. We have daddy, Grandpa Lucius, Grandpa Severus and you."
Remus pondered all the data he had collected and the pieces did not add up. Needing to make it fit, Remus tentatively spoke, "Draco, I have a few questions, if you don't mind. Is there a reason I was never told that you had children? I am feeling a little hurt and left out. Is it to do with your children's mother? Your Lily greatly resembles another Lily I used to know, and that has me a little curious, I must admit."
The smile on Draco face dimmed but did not disappear as he answered with a canny half-truth; "The answer to your first question is that I prevented Severus from telling you, with a wizard's oath. Trust me when I say every year Severus asked to be released so that he may tell you. I am very interested in my privacy when it comes to my kids: the circumstances surrounding their birth were difficult, and explaining the situation to every interested passer-by would be very uncomfortable for me. Obviously, their other parent was not interested in remaining with me after their delivery, and it's a sore point for me."
Taking a breath, Draco continued, "Your curiosity about Lily is more easily explained: Severus and Lucius also thought my Lily resemble a Lily of times past, it was they who suggested her name. Her coloring is unusual for a Malfoy, but genetics can be tricky things."
"So who was their mother?" It was unlike Remus to press so deliberately, yet he knew that there was something that they were not telling him. Surely if it was just a difficult break-up, they would have told him about the twins a long time ago.
After the war, Remus' relationship with Severus had been strained, considering that although Remus was mated to him, he was married to another man. Remus and Lucius had spent a long time working out how to share the man they loved. There was a lot of hurt and hard feelings, and the three men were constantly meeting, discussing, and trying to work things out. Given the twins' age, their delivery must have been going on right in the midst of all that confusion, so Remus could understand why he was not informed right away. Afterwards, though, it did not make sense. Either the Malfoys had been playing games with him, or they had something to hide. Determined to get to the bottom of this, Remus pushed for answers.
With a look of visible reluctance, Draco asked Severus, "Can you please take the kids for a walk, while I explain a few things to your mate?"
Showing a strained smile Severus agreed and left with the children. When they were far enough away Draco turned back to Reamus. "First let me again apologize for having Severus keep you in the dark, he really wanted to tell you and share the joys of grand-fatherhood with you. Now is there a chance that you'll just accept that I have two kids and let the rest go?"
Remus could tell that Draco really wanted him to let this go but something was really nagging at him. Though he was reluctant to damage his relationship with Draco, he forced out, "No, something is telling me this is important."
Nodding, since he had expected such a response, Draco asked "Will you swear a Wizard's Oath to me then, that you will not tell anyone anything I tell you about the twins?"
The instant he heard Draco's request something inside him recoiled at the idea of taking the Oath. Again refusing gently he said, "No. I'm sorry, but no."
Draco quietly replied, "Without the Oath there is very little I can tell you but here is what I can. The twins do not have a mother, I carried them within me, they are the product of two wizards."
Remus thought about this, realizing that while being gay was relatively accepted within the wizarding world, male pregnancies were incredibly rare. Was Draco hiding his pregnancy simply to avoid the spotlight? Still, there was still the matter of his daughter's appearance. Lily Potter had been a muggle-born, and so it was unlikely that Draco had met up with any of her muggle relatives. The only actual wizard alive carrying Lily's genes was Harry, her son. Suddenly struck by this new possibly, Remus asked in disbelief, "Are you telling me that Harry is the other father?"
"Without a wizard oath I am not telling you who the other father of my children is." Draco said.
Remus, who was normally an incredibly gentle man, was finally losing his temper- always a dangerous thing for a werewolf to do. Remus spoke as if Draco had confirmed his belief. "You bastard, Harry must be father. He had a right to know about them and be a part of their lives. How could you have kept this from him? How could you have prevented Severus from telling Harry and I? Harry has always wanted a family to love and care for, he is the godfather to his best friend's children while all this time he had his own. I thought you had managed to overcome the darkness of the Malfoy line, but this, Draco Malfoy, shows how very inhuman you still are. I can't believe you were so evil and spiteful that you took this chance away from Harry, not to mention never even thinking about what would be best for your children."
Anger and humiliation wrapped around Draco but he refused to give into it. Instead he braced himself and spoke to Remus in a very low and dangerous voice. "Let me make myself very clear," Draco growled. "I am not telling you who the other father of my children is; and for your information the father was informed of his children's birth and I was told to go to hell and take my children with me. So don't you dare judge me, Remus Lupin."
With that said, Draco stood up and left the ice cream parlor, leaving Remus sitting there angry and confused. Draco quickly followed a point me spell to his children, determined to get home right away. He knew that Remus would confront Harry, and Draco wanted to make sure that the children were out of the line of fire. Considering the harshness of Harry's brush-off in the letter, Draco thought it was quite likely that Harry would get mad now that his dirty little secret was now out in the open.
Entering a magical pet shop the twins must have dragged Severus to, Draco informed Severus of his conversation with Remus and flooed his children home.