Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine. Draco Malfoy is not mine. But if they were both mine for just one night I'd...umm, you probably don't want to know (it would involve some whips, handcuffs, edible body spray...) Told you you didn't want to know.

A/N: I'm so sorry that this took so long, but as I said before, three AP classes and homework galore! (I'm actually supposed to be writing a paper right now but don't tell anyone).

Oh, and all you who asked why Harry had died and then he was alive again, it was a DREAM! Ron had a dream that he killed Harry and Voldemort and everyone, he is still safe in his dungeon...for the time being.

Enjoy!

Chapter 50
Assignments and Passing Down

Hermione and Draco went running down the hall towards the Headmaster's office when they say Harry and Blaise sitting outside the door. Hermione ran up to Harry and gave him a hug.

"Hermione, why are you here?" Harry asked. "Aren't you supposed to be on your honeymoon?"

"We--the Dark Marks are gone, what happened?" she asked with fear in her voice.

"I'm sorry, Hermione, I had to do it," Harry said.

"Had to do what, Harry?" she asked.

"He told me that when he said so, I had to kill him. There were only allowed one of us to be alive. He knew that the world would be in chaos if both of us were alive. That was the only reason that I allied with him. He said that I would have to kill him."

"But..." Hermione started.

"Hermione, I know you cared for him, but you have to see this the way that I do. The world would be in chaos with him and I both alive. It was me or him and he chose thatme. He said that I could persue my beliefs the way that I wanted because it was no longer time for him to rule. It was my fate to continue on."

"Harry," Hermione started, then she hugged him tighter. She started crying into his shoulder.

"So you killed Voldemort, in front of all of those Death Eaters?" Draco asked, disbelieving.

"He apparently told them already what he hadplanned to do. I just don't know how to go on, I don't know if I should take charge and get some new people to run things or whether I should leave it to the ministry."

"The ministry can take care of everything," Hermione said.

"The ministry won't be able to take care of anything, you need to take matters into your own hands, Potter. Voldemort would want you to do that," Draco said.

"He already assigned Fred and George as the new Headmasters until I can find someone more suitable, I guess they've been with him for a while."

"You have the power to rule the ministry, Potter."

"I don't want to rule anyone, I just want to have a normal life," he said, hugging Hermione tighter to him.

"Well, you have to assign a Minister of Magic, as Fudge does a horrible job," Draco said. "And I say let the twins have some fun for a while."

"Fudge is dead, Blaise is the new minister," Harry said quickly.

"What?" Blaise asked.

"You, minister, unless you don't want to," Harry said.

"No, it's perfect. Well, I have to talk to Ginny first," he said.

"Yeah, sure," Harry said.

"And what about Headmaster?" Hermione asked.

"I think the twins will suffice for now," Harry said.

"Where's my dad?" Draco asked.

"He's back at your manor, they left a couple of minutes before you got here," Harry said.

"All right, I got to get back. Coming, Mina?" he asked.

"No, I'm going to stay with Harry a little longer," Hermione said.

"All right, luv, I'll see you back at the Manor," he said, giving her a small kiss on the forehead.

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"Father, are you all right?" Draco asked in distress.

"Yes, yes, son. He told us it would be so, but I still cannot stand it," Lucius said, sitting at his desk and drinking a snifter of brandy.

"So what Potter is saying is true, that Voldemort told him to kill him?" Draco asked.

"Yes, he says that it's Potter's time to rule. But Potter doesn't want to be a Dark Lord, he wants to shrink back into the shadows."

"You know, Dad. It might be better that way. I think you're getting too old for this follower stuff," Draco said, with a hint of joking.

"Me? Too old? Take that back young man or I shall beat you!" Lucius said in the same joking manner.

"Whatever shall I do?" Draco asked with a smile.

"Fear my wrath, boy!"

"What is an old man going to do to me?"

"I'll...I'll...I'll beat you with my cane!"

"Ha! You know you would never lay a hand on me," Draco said.

"How could I? It would ruin the flawless Malfoy face," Lucius said.

"I'm a married man now," Draco said. "I don't need to be showing my face around to all anymore."

"You are a married man, and I am expecting grandchildren before I die, young man," Lucius said.

"You've already one on the way...old man!" Draco said.

"Where is my daughter-in-law?" Lucius asked.

"Helping Potter get through more trials in his life," Draco said, rolling his eyes for effect.

"I see. Well, I want to see you both before you retire tonight, we have to talk about the passing down of the Manor," Lucius said.

"Passing down? What are you talking about?"

"Tonight, son. Gather your wife."

"You sneaky old man," Draco said and walked away.

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"Mina, my father wants to talk to us about something," Draco said when he found Potter and his wife once again.

"What about, Draco?" she asked, standing up.

"I'm not sure. He said something about passing down the Manor."

"Why? What's happened?" she asked hysterically.

"I don't know, luv," he said.

"Are you going to be all right, Harry?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, Pansy's on her way, I'll have her comfort me," he said, the statement bring a curve to his lips.

"You naughty wizard," Hermione scolded.

"You're a naughty witch," Draco whispered into her ear.

"Shh! Harry doesn't have to know that," she said, though loud enough for Harry to hear.

Harry laughed as Hermione and Draco walked away.

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"Now, what is this about, father?" Draco asked.

"Draco, your mother and I are having a slight difficulty trying to decide who the Manor shall go to," he said.

"What's wrong with you, why are we talking about this now?" Velvet asked.

Narcissa walked over to Velvet and hugged her. "Nothing is the matter, dear. We are retiring," she said happily.

All three children breathed visibly. "So, we have the oldest daughter or the married son and we don't know which deserves it more."

"We can share it," Hermione put in.

"No, give it to Draco, he's the one that is going to need to raise a family," Velvet said.

"Yes, but what of when you have a family of your own, Velvet. This house is big enough for all of us," Draco said.

"But Draco, you're going to want to have your privacy," Velvet said.

"It's a big house, I'm sure we can avoid you when we want," Draco said.

"But Draco..."

"No, it's settled, we're sharing," Draco said, folding his arms over his chest and giving Velvet the 'no more arguments' look.

"Fine, but Sam and I get to choose what room we want," Velvet said.

"As long as it's not the one that Hermione and I are in," Draco said.

"Deal," Velvet said.

"All right, that's settled," Narcissa said happily.

"Now we need to tell you..." Lucius started.

But Lucius was cut off by an elf running into the room. "Master, master, the red one escaped!"

A/N: Ouch, a cliffy on the second to last chapter. Hope you stay in touch for the last chapter of my story, coming soon to a computer near you!

Love and Lemons

Brittany