Chapter: The Key to winning a war.
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 4
Hogwarts
Remus used the same point me spell and found Severus a few minutes after Draco left with the children.
"Why didn't you tell me that my godson had children?" Remus yelled at his mate.
Severus really did not want to have this conversation in the middle of Diagon Ally so he calmly said to his mate, "I am going back to school, I will see you there. I refuse to talk to you about this situation in public." With a pop Severus was gone, leaving Remus no choice but to follow.
At the apparition border surrounding Hogwarts, there were two pops about a minute apart. First Severus appeared and waited for Remus. As his mate stalked over to him, Severus, not wanting to argue further about things beyond his control, said, "First, Draco never told you that Potter was the twins' father. Second, I was under a Wizard's Oath, which prevented me from telling you anything about Draco and his children. And I would like to remind you I am still under that Oath so I still can't talk to you anything, as much as it pains me not to be able to. I don't like keeping secrets from you. Please understand that I took the Oath before I knew the story. But if I am honest with myself I must tell you that if Draco had confided in me first, I still would have taken the Oath."
Looking at Remus with sympathetic concern, Severus continued, "I suggest that if you want answers, you start looking in other places beside Draco, Lucius or myself." With that Severus turned walked back to Hogwarts, heading for his potions lab. Remus knew that when things were tense, Severus would retreat to his work. It was nice to see that some things remained predictable, even with so much in flux.
After getting back to Hogwarts, Remus went to the rooms he shared with Severus and fire called both Sirius and Harry. Upon reaching them he ordered them to come to his rooms immediately. Within minutes Sirius and then Harry stumbled out of the fire, both concerned for Remus.
Dusting himself off Harry turned to Remus, "What's so important that we had to come over so quick?"
Sirius leaned against the wall and said, "Have you come to your senses and decided to leave the greasy git?"
Already frustrated, Remus sighed and said, "Sirius, he is my mate, you know wolves mate for life. Although after today I think our relationship is going to be tested."
Harry walked over and sat next to the man he thought of as his second godfather and gently asked, "Remus, you're starting to worry us, please tell us what is wrong?"
Taking a deep breath Remus began, "Today, both Severus and I had a free afternoon, so we decided to go to Diagon Ally. While we were walking around, two young children ran up to him and jumped into his arms, calling him Grandpa Sev. Severus just scooped them up as if it was a daily occurrence and started talking to them. It was a little frightening how dramatically he changed before my eyes, it was like I didn't know him. It was like a different Severus took over; from the way they were getting on, it was obvious that he knew them." Looking up at Harry he continued "One child was a boy and he showed the clear stamp of the Malfoys, platinum hair and silver eyes. Sure enough when they dragged us to the ice cream parlor there sat Draco Malfoy, calmly eating ice cream as if the Malfoys went out in public all the time. It turned out that they were indeed his kids. But what nearly caused me to have a heart attack was the fact that while the boy was a Malfoy clone, the little girl looked just like your mother, Harry. After questioning Draco, I found out that their names were Salazar and Lily Malfoy. Even named Lily, that was too large of a coincidence. Draco told me that Severus and Lucius had suggested the name because they saw the resemblance also. The kids were quite active and sweet, just what you'd expect for nearly seven."
Breaking off, Remus got up and poured himself a glass of water. After drinking half the glass he continued his story. " Feeling more than a little blindsided, I asked Draco why he and Severus hadn't ever told me about the children. And I had plenty of questions about Lily's appearance and name, as well. Draco sent the kids off with Severus and informed me that unless I took a Wizard Oath, he could not tell me much of what I probably wanted to know.
I rejected taking the Oath as something inside told me not to, so I declined. Draco would not tell me much but he did tell me that Lily's looks are due to genetics and that Severus and Lucius asked him to name her Lily. When I asked whom their mother was, he told me that they did not have a mother because they were the product of Draco and another wizard.
After hearing all the facts I guessed that Harry was the other father. I lost my temper with Draco, which obviously wasn't the wisest course as he got mad and left. I went and collected Severus, and when we got to the school he still would not tell me anything. He revealed that he was bound by a Wizard's oath, and told me to go look for answers with others beside him or the Malfoys, so I called you guys."
Closing his eyes Reamus waited for them to process what he said, and then for their reactions. Sirius was the first to recover, and his reaction was predictable- he laughed. He found it so funny that he ended up on the floor. After a few minutes of shrieking with laughter, he was able to pull himself together enough to get out, "Remus that is the most outrageous assumption you have ever come up with. I am quite sure that if Draco Malfoy has somehow managed to produced some sort of devil spawn, they have nothing to do with Harry."
Turning to Harry for confirmation, he stated " Right Harry?"
Hearing no reply from his godson, he turned slowly to look at Harry.
Harry was clearly stunned, his face had lost all color and he stared at Remus with an open mouth. Finally perceiving that there might be some truth to Remus' assumption Sirius crawled over to Harry, hoping to Merlin that it would not be true. "Harry," Sirius stuttered, "please tell me that it is not true, that there is no way you are the father of Malfoy's devil spawn."
Finally closing his mouth to glance at Sirius, Harry replied, "I don't know. I mean if it is possible for two male wizards to reproduce, then there is a chance I am the father." Refocusing on Remus, Harry questioned, "You said they were nearly seven?" Not waiting for a reply, Harry rambled on, "let's see, Seven years plus time for the pregnancy, that puts us when? That would put the time of conception around late spring or early summer of... seventh year. Oh wow."
Since his oath to Draco had already been fulfilled, Harry was now able to speak of the pact they had made; and so Harry was able to confirm that if Draco had indeed carried the children himself, from another wizard, then Harry was most probably the father, since the oath forced Draco not to sleep with anyone else during the war and their conception seemed to close to the end of the war for Draco to have taken up with someone else.
Harry confessed that he had never told anyone what happened during his 7th year, although he had threatened Draco with going public many times to make sure that Draco continued to feed him information, it had never become necessary, and eventually the whole thing just became too confusing. So Harry unburdened himself of the entire story, all the spying, conversations and sex; everything that led up to their last night together.
Remus stared at Harry with amazement, still trying to process all the information he had just received, as he said, "With magic, Harry, anything is possible. Male pregnancy is not a common occurrence in the wizarding world, but there have been cases where two powerful wizards or witches were able to reproduce together. Plus, with the little girl looking just like Lily, I would say that the odds are in favor of you being the twins' father. I take it you did not know?"
Horrified at the implications that Remus' question held, Harry immediately responded "Remus, how could you even ask me that? You know how important family is to me. If that bastard had told me we would not be having this conversation now. My children would be here with me."
Sighing, Remus explained "The reason why I asked is that when I confronted Draco about him taking away your chance at fatherhood, he got really upset. I was quite convinced he was being honest when he told me that the other father had been informed and told him to go to hell and take his children with him."
Harry raised an eyebrow, but looked unconvinced. "Remus," Harry stated, "you know me, and you know I would never turn my back on my children. Besides, this is Draco Malfoy we are talking about: he is a born liar if there ever was one. How could you believe him for one moment? After the life I had with the Dursleys, I would never leave my children no matter who their mother or other father is. And I would never have let Draco Malfoy raise my children."
Suddenly all the harm and damage Draco, Lucius and Snape could inflict on his children hit him and he paled, losing all color, as he frantically continued, "Oh Merlin, we have to get my children away from them, Draco probably has been abusing them to get back at me or he has corrupted them by teaching them the Dark Arts." Tears began to streak down Harry's face as the emotional implications of this discussion began to sink in. "Remus," Harry cried, "I don't even know their names. I have already failed them like I always do, just like I failed Cho, and Percy, and..." Harry trailed off miserably as he contemplated those who died in the war, the potential abuse of his children, and everything that he had missed in their lives.
Trying to reassure Harry, Remus replied, "I don't know about Draco teaching them the Dark Arts. But when I saw them today they looked healthy, happy and loved, there were no obvious signs of abuse. Severus would know for sure, but I am not sure if the Oath he took would allow him to tell us anything." With a reassuring pat on the arm, Remus continued, "And Harry, their names are Salazar and Lily Malfoy. So now you know."
Harry was in a daze at learning his children's names; the truth of being a father hit him. Although he was not happy with his son's name, he could not have been more pleased with his daughter's name. Thinking everything through, Harry got up determined to confront Snape and find out about his children. As he got up he noticed Sirius still on the floor looking at him like he was a stranger. "Sirius," Harry said, "are you okay with this?"
Looking at his godson Sirius answered truthfully, "No, I am not. I can't understand how you let that slimy bastard touch you. But right now our priority needs to be the children and getting them away from the Malfoys and Snape. Hopefully it is not to late to undo whatever harm they have done to them." Getting up all three men left determined to get whatever answers they could from Snape.
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 4
Hogwarts
Remus used the same point me spell and found Severus a few minutes after Draco left with the children.
"Why didn't you tell me that my godson had children?" Remus yelled at his mate.
Severus really did not want to have this conversation in the middle of Diagon Ally so he calmly said to his mate, "I am going back to school, I will see you there. I refuse to talk to you about this situation in public." With a pop Severus was gone, leaving Remus no choice but to follow.
At the apparition border surrounding Hogwarts, there were two pops about a minute apart. First Severus appeared and waited for Remus. As his mate stalked over to him, Severus, not wanting to argue further about things beyond his control, said, "First, Draco never told you that Potter was the twins' father. Second, I was under a Wizard's Oath, which prevented me from telling you anything about Draco and his children. And I would like to remind you I am still under that Oath so I still can't talk to you anything, as much as it pains me not to be able to. I don't like keeping secrets from you. Please understand that I took the Oath before I knew the story. But if I am honest with myself I must tell you that if Draco had confided in me first, I still would have taken the Oath."
Looking at Remus with sympathetic concern, Severus continued, "I suggest that if you want answers, you start looking in other places beside Draco, Lucius or myself." With that Severus turned walked back to Hogwarts, heading for his potions lab. Remus knew that when things were tense, Severus would retreat to his work. It was nice to see that some things remained predictable, even with so much in flux.
After getting back to Hogwarts, Remus went to the rooms he shared with Severus and fire called both Sirius and Harry. Upon reaching them he ordered them to come to his rooms immediately. Within minutes Sirius and then Harry stumbled out of the fire, both concerned for Remus.
Dusting himself off Harry turned to Remus, "What's so important that we had to come over so quick?"
Sirius leaned against the wall and said, "Have you come to your senses and decided to leave the greasy git?"
Already frustrated, Remus sighed and said, "Sirius, he is my mate, you know wolves mate for life. Although after today I think our relationship is going to be tested."
Harry walked over and sat next to the man he thought of as his second godfather and gently asked, "Remus, you're starting to worry us, please tell us what is wrong?"
Taking a deep breath Remus began, "Today, both Severus and I had a free afternoon, so we decided to go to Diagon Ally. While we were walking around, two young children ran up to him and jumped into his arms, calling him Grandpa Sev. Severus just scooped them up as if it was a daily occurrence and started talking to them. It was a little frightening how dramatically he changed before my eyes, it was like I didn't know him. It was like a different Severus took over; from the way they were getting on, it was obvious that he knew them." Looking up at Harry he continued "One child was a boy and he showed the clear stamp of the Malfoys, platinum hair and silver eyes. Sure enough when they dragged us to the ice cream parlor there sat Draco Malfoy, calmly eating ice cream as if the Malfoys went out in public all the time. It turned out that they were indeed his kids. But what nearly caused me to have a heart attack was the fact that while the boy was a Malfoy clone, the little girl looked just like your mother, Harry. After questioning Draco, I found out that their names were Salazar and Lily Malfoy. Even named Lily, that was too large of a coincidence. Draco told me that Severus and Lucius had suggested the name because they saw the resemblance also. The kids were quite active and sweet, just what you'd expect for nearly seven."
Breaking off, Remus got up and poured himself a glass of water. After drinking half the glass he continued his story. " Feeling more than a little blindsided, I asked Draco why he and Severus hadn't ever told me about the children. And I had plenty of questions about Lily's appearance and name, as well. Draco sent the kids off with Severus and informed me that unless I took a Wizard Oath, he could not tell me much of what I probably wanted to know.
I rejected taking the Oath as something inside told me not to, so I declined. Draco would not tell me much but he did tell me that Lily's looks are due to genetics and that Severus and Lucius asked him to name her Lily. When I asked whom their mother was, he told me that they did not have a mother because they were the product of Draco and another wizard.
After hearing all the facts I guessed that Harry was the other father. I lost my temper with Draco, which obviously wasn't the wisest course as he got mad and left. I went and collected Severus, and when we got to the school he still would not tell me anything. He revealed that he was bound by a Wizard's oath, and told me to go look for answers with others beside him or the Malfoys, so I called you guys."
Closing his eyes Reamus waited for them to process what he said, and then for their reactions. Sirius was the first to recover, and his reaction was predictable- he laughed. He found it so funny that he ended up on the floor. After a few minutes of shrieking with laughter, he was able to pull himself together enough to get out, "Remus that is the most outrageous assumption you have ever come up with. I am quite sure that if Draco Malfoy has somehow managed to produced some sort of devil spawn, they have nothing to do with Harry."
Turning to Harry for confirmation, he stated " Right Harry?"
Hearing no reply from his godson, he turned slowly to look at Harry.
Harry was clearly stunned, his face had lost all color and he stared at Remus with an open mouth. Finally perceiving that there might be some truth to Remus' assumption Sirius crawled over to Harry, hoping to Merlin that it would not be true. "Harry," Sirius stuttered, "please tell me that it is not true, that there is no way you are the father of Malfoy's devil spawn."
Finally closing his mouth to glance at Sirius, Harry replied, "I don't know. I mean if it is possible for two male wizards to reproduce, then there is a chance I am the father." Refocusing on Remus, Harry questioned, "You said they were nearly seven?" Not waiting for a reply, Harry rambled on, "let's see, Seven years plus time for the pregnancy, that puts us when? That would put the time of conception around late spring or early summer of... seventh year. Oh wow."
Since his oath to Draco had already been fulfilled, Harry was now able to speak of the pact they had made; and so Harry was able to confirm that if Draco had indeed carried the children himself, from another wizard, then Harry was most probably the father, since the oath forced Draco not to sleep with anyone else during the war and their conception seemed to close to the end of the war for Draco to have taken up with someone else.
Harry confessed that he had never told anyone what happened during his 7th year, although he had threatened Draco with going public many times to make sure that Draco continued to feed him information, it had never become necessary, and eventually the whole thing just became too confusing. So Harry unburdened himself of the entire story, all the spying, conversations and sex; everything that led up to their last night together.
Remus stared at Harry with amazement, still trying to process all the information he had just received, as he said, "With magic, Harry, anything is possible. Male pregnancy is not a common occurrence in the wizarding world, but there have been cases where two powerful wizards or witches were able to reproduce together. Plus, with the little girl looking just like Lily, I would say that the odds are in favor of you being the twins' father. I take it you did not know?"
Horrified at the implications that Remus' question held, Harry immediately responded "Remus, how could you even ask me that? You know how important family is to me. If that bastard had told me we would not be having this conversation now. My children would be here with me."
Sighing, Remus explained "The reason why I asked is that when I confronted Draco about him taking away your chance at fatherhood, he got really upset. I was quite convinced he was being honest when he told me that the other father had been informed and told him to go to hell and take his children with him."
Harry raised an eyebrow, but looked unconvinced. "Remus," Harry stated, "you know me, and you know I would never turn my back on my children. Besides, this is Draco Malfoy we are talking about: he is a born liar if there ever was one. How could you believe him for one moment? After the life I had with the Dursleys, I would never leave my children no matter who their mother or other father is. And I would never have let Draco Malfoy raise my children."
Suddenly all the harm and damage Draco, Lucius and Snape could inflict on his children hit him and he paled, losing all color, as he frantically continued, "Oh Merlin, we have to get my children away from them, Draco probably has been abusing them to get back at me or he has corrupted them by teaching them the Dark Arts." Tears began to streak down Harry's face as the emotional implications of this discussion began to sink in. "Remus," Harry cried, "I don't even know their names. I have already failed them like I always do, just like I failed Cho, and Percy, and..." Harry trailed off miserably as he contemplated those who died in the war, the potential abuse of his children, and everything that he had missed in their lives.
Trying to reassure Harry, Remus replied, "I don't know about Draco teaching them the Dark Arts. But when I saw them today they looked healthy, happy and loved, there were no obvious signs of abuse. Severus would know for sure, but I am not sure if the Oath he took would allow him to tell us anything." With a reassuring pat on the arm, Remus continued, "And Harry, their names are Salazar and Lily Malfoy. So now you know."
Harry was in a daze at learning his children's names; the truth of being a father hit him. Although he was not happy with his son's name, he could not have been more pleased with his daughter's name. Thinking everything through, Harry got up determined to confront Snape and find out about his children. As he got up he noticed Sirius still on the floor looking at him like he was a stranger. "Sirius," Harry said, "are you okay with this?"
Looking at his godson Sirius answered truthfully, "No, I am not. I can't understand how you let that slimy bastard touch you. But right now our priority needs to be the children and getting them away from the Malfoys and Snape. Hopefully it is not to late to undo whatever harm they have done to them." Getting up all three men left determined to get whatever answers they could from Snape.