Hi everyone, here is another chapter for you to enjoy. Please review and thanks to those who have already reviewed.
WARNING SOME SEXUAL SCENES IN THIS CHAPTER.
This is the third and last chapter of this story and I hope you like it.
I don't own Harry Potter and Co.
Thoughts will be indicated by ( )
Sign language will be indicated by /&/
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Draco and Allan landed in the middle of the kitchen at Grimauld Place. They startled Remus who was sitting at the kitchen table drinking a cup of tea. When he looked at who had landed in the kitchen he saw Draco Malfoy and a stranger standing in front of him; Professor Dumbledore apparated in a few seconds later.
"Ah Remus, a cup of tea would be greatly appreciated." Said the old wizard as he sat down at the table.
"Yes Albus." Remus got up and served the men some tea. Looking at Draco he turned around and said. "I think I'll contact Harry." He walked up to a shelf where he picked up a small round mirror. "Harry Potter" he said. After a few seconds Harry's voice was heard coming from the mirror.
"Yes Remus, what going on?"
"Harry I need you to come home now, there is someone here that you need to see."
"Who is it?"
"You'll see when you get here." Remus smirked at his godson.
Harry frowned as he looked back at Remus' face through the mirror. "All right Remus, give me a few minutes to let Kingsley know where I'm going then I'll be right there."
Remus closed the connection and announced to the others that Harry would be there in a few minutes. Draco paled, he had a feeling that Harry knew who had given him the extra power. Allan noticed that Draco was suddenly nervous. "Are you ok Dray? Is this Harry the one?" he whispered; Draco closed his eyes and nodded. Remus heard what the young man had said due to his werewolf's hearing his eyes went wide when the muggle asked the question to Draco. This confirmed their suspicions.
About ten minutes later a crack was heard and Harry Potter apparated in front of them. The dark haired wizard stood still with eyes wide open in surprise when he saw the gorgeous blond that had haunted his dreams for the past two years.
"Draco…" Harry didn't know what to say.
Draco signed a greeting that Allan translated. While Allan was signing he looked Harry over. (Whoa! What a piece of eye candy.) Harry was wearing black dragon hide battle robes that fit him like a second skin. Draco could clearly see just how fit and muscular that Harry was now. He was no longer the scrawny short kid that he remembered from school. Draco was sure that Harry now stood a few inches higher that him. Draco was almost drooling looking at the man he still loved.
/&/ Hi Harry congratulations on defeating Voldemort./&/
Harry watched as Draco used sign language to communicate. Having been raised in the muggle world he had seen sign language before. He had a feeling that he knew what Draco had sacrificed to make him more powerful. He took out his wand and pointed it at Draco to test his theory. Allan saw this and stepped in front of his friend extending his arms as to protect the blond wizard.
"PUT THAT AWAY!" yelled Allan "He can't use magic anymore and can't defend himself." The two men faced each other; one was angry while the other was shocked.
The headmaster chuckled at seeing that the young man was trying to protect Draco. "You know Allen, had you been a wizard you would probably have been sorted into Gryffindor. It takes a lot of bravery to face a wizard unharmed especially one as powerful as Harry."
Looking at Draco over Allan's shoulder Harry said in disbelief. "So that is what you sacrificed for my power. You lost your voice… Oh Draco… that means that you can't use magic." Harry's emerald green eyes became sad. He looked down feeling guilty. Draco walked up to him and softly touched his arm to get his attention.
He started signing again and as usual Allan translated. /&/ Don't feel guilty, it was my choice. I t was the only way that I could help you in the war. I was going to be marked the day after graduation but I knew that I could never serve the man that wanted to destroy you. I wanted to help you but I didn't know how, and at the time you wouldn't have believed me anyway. I was in love with my enemy…who would have believed it. It was the only way that I could save both of us. Now you're free to live and be happy. Now you can love without having to worry if someone will attack you or hurt your family./&/
Draco's eyes expressed what he couldn't say out loud. Harry was mesmerized by those silver eyes that showed such sadness. Suddenly Harry had a thought; (Draco thinks that I don't love him. Oh Merlin, he did this thinking that I didn't return his feelings. No one has ever loved me like this before.)
Draco watched as Harry slowly walked towards him. He was now standing a few inches in front of him. Harry gently took Draco's face in his hands and kissed him. Draco gasped in surprise so Harry took the opportunity to deepen the kiss. Draco would have moaned if he could but he was as quiet as ever. He wrapped his arms around Harry's neck and hungrily kissed back. A few seconds later they broke apart when the need for air became greater.
Draco had a cute blush on his cheeks. His eyes were shinning and his smile took Harry's breath away. Harry also noticed that the other men had left the room.
"Draco in our seventh year I had the biggest crush on you. During that year, that crush grew into love. I tried to talk to you but I could never get the chance. I looked for you at the graduation ball determined to drag you out to talk with you but the whole power thing happened and then you disappeared. By the time we found out what had happened you were gone. Even your godfather Severus couldn't find you."
Draco listened to Harry, he was shocked that the boy who lived loved him. Draco tried to tell something to Harry but he couldn't understand sign language so he stopped and dropped his arms by his side in frustration.
"Wait Draco; let me search your mind for a few seconds so that I can understand you."
Draco raised an eyebrow in question. Harry laughed and explained that it was one of his new powers that he had gotten with the power boost. He could learn something new just by borrowing the knowledge from someone. All he needed was two to three minutes of contact with Draco to be able to get the information he needed.
Draco understood and stepped closer to Harry. He grabbed Harry's hand and placed it on his cheek. Harry closed his eyes and concentrated on learning sign language. Two minutes later he pulled back and asked Draco to tell him something using his hands.
Draco started moving his hands. /&/Can you understand me/&/
Harry signed back. /&/Yes I can./&/
?&/ Good, now I won't always have to rely on Allan to translate for me./&/
Draco looked at Harry. /&/ So what happens now? I can't stay here because I can't use magic, and because I'm a Malfoy my life would be in constant danger. And I love my work back home in Miami./&/
"So you live in the States." Harry returned to speaking out loud.
/&/Yes I have a small house by the beach; I have a small studio in my house for my painting./&/
Harry was now very interested of finding out what Draco had done while he was away. "So you're a painter. I would have never figured that as your kind of work."
?&/Yes I worked for a year as an assistant to a local artist who took the time to show me the secrets of the art. I love it and I think I'm pretty good at it./&/
Harry got close to Draco who was now looking at him wide eyed. "Draco, I have a few weeks vacation coming up. If you don't mind I'd love to spend them with you. We could get to know each other then we could decide from there what we'll do next. What do you think?"
Draco smiled at Harry and nodded. /&/ Allan and I have to leave soon because two friends of ours are expecting their first child any day now. But if you make arrangements to come I can pick you up at the airport and you can stay with me at my house. I'll take a few weeks off too and we can explore Miami./&/
Harry and Draco agreed to meet in two weeks at the Miami airport. Draco gave Harry his phone number so that Harry could call him and let him know when he would arrive. Draco told him that Allan was almost always around so he could take down the information and Draco told Harry that he had a special machine where he could type words and the machine would talk on the phone for him. It was quite an ingenious muggle invention.
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Two weeks later Harry's plane landed in Miami. He was greeted by Draco and his friends. Harry watched as Draco's muggle friends looked at him with curiosity. Draco told Harry that they had known all along what he had done for him and they wanted to know if Harry was worth the sacrifice. Harry looked at them and smiled.
"I promise you that I will make Draco happy. I love him very much and I want to get to know him better. When we were in school we were separated by house rivalries and all kinds of other obstacle that we don't have to worry about now."
Draco's three friends told Harry that they understood and that if he did anything to hurt Draco; wizard or not he would have to deal with them. It warmed Harry's heart that Draco was protected by true friends.
Draco and his friends drove to the home that he shared with Allan. Draco explained to Harry that as a gesture of thanks he let Allan live in the room over the garage free of rent. Harry learned that his blond Slytherin had a kind and generous heart. When they arrived at the house Allan and the others left them alone so that Draco could show Harry the house and so that they could have some time alone.
Draco showed off his house; Harry was amazed with the paintings. Draco was quite the talented artist. He recognized the painting style. Professor Dumbledore had received an anonymous gift a year back of a painting of a scenery of the great hall during the opening feast with the sorting had yelling out which house the students would be in. When Harry asked about it Draco told Harry that the painting he was talking about was of the impression that Draco got of the first night of school when after they crossed the lake on boats the first night of their first year and were waiting to be sorted. The school and the students seemed to come alive on the canvas. The old professor had loved it instantly and had added it to the paintings in his office. Harry turned around to look at Draco.
"So you did send Albus a painting a year ago. Because I can see that the painting he received looks a lot like your other ones."
/&/Yes, I wanted to give the headmaster something that I hadn't seen inside the school. Nowhere within the school is a painting of the school or the great hall. It has loads of paintings of famous witches and wizards but none of the school itself. I decided to send them one in hopes that they would like it and hang it up somewhere where it could be seen by many. I've never dare release my art to the magical world. I find it very hard to paint with wizarding paints because the subject keeps trying to move while you paint and I can't cast a stunning charm at it so I don't do it often. Most of the time I paint the muggle way and I live off the money I make by selling my work to muggles./&/
The two men continued the tour of Draco's home. Draco showed Harry the guest room that was next to his. It was a very nice room decorated in different hues of blue with a bit of silver. Harry took out his trunk of his pocket and waved his hand in front of it and the trunk returned to its original size. Draco's eyes went wide at the display of wandless magic. He turned around and looked at Harry who was now smiling at him.
"Wandless magic is also one of the gifts I received with the increased power; I could do a little before the ritual but after that it came naturally to me." Harry returned to looking for something in his trunk; when he found what he was looking at he looked at Draco and said.
"I talked to Hermione about what you had done and what you had sacrificed to give me power to defeat Voldemort. She sent you these books that might just help us fix your problem of not being able to use magic. With my help I believe you can relearn to use magic without having to say the incantations." Harry handed four books to Draco. The blond wizard looked at the title and looked back at Harry in surprise.
/&/I didn't know that you could use wordless magic./&/
Harry looked at the books and read the tittles. The first one was called "Soundless magic for the speechless" by Niora Silentia, the second book was entitled "Learning the silent arts of magic" by Sally Neermek; the third book was "How to defeat your enemies quietly" by Silubus Black; and the forth was "Don't make a sound to surprise your foes" by Patrick Fillisburg. Harry was impressed with the researched Hermione had done to find the ancient tomes to help Draco out. The books look very old; the art of wordless magic was not used very much in the wizarding world as it took quite a lot of focus and power to use. Harry believed that Draco was powerful enough and with his problem he would need to learn a new way to use his magic; his case was unique; usually problems with the vocal cords could be fixed by a healer but in Draco's case it was caused by something unnatural so it couldn't be fixed.
Draco sat on the bed and looked at a few pages of the first book. Then he placed the book on the bed and started signing to Harry.
/&/Do you really think that I can learn this? If I'm not mistaken only the most powerful wizards can use this kind of magic./&/
"Yes Draco I do think you can. After all you were the second most powerful wizard at school after me. I believe with my help that within a few months you'll be able to use magic just like you use too with maybe a few exceptions."
Draco got up and threw his arms around Harry; he laughed and kissed the raven haired wizard senseless. Before he knew it both of them had fallen on top of the bed and were snogging like there was no tomorrow. Harry pulled back for a few seconds and looked deep into Draco's eyes. He had missed seeing those silver eyes during the two years that Draco had been missing. Now they were filled with life and an emotion that Harry had never seen in them before.
"I love you Draco."
/&/I love you too. Now shut up and kiss me./&/
Harry laughed and started kissing Draco again. Soon things were starting to get very heavy. Harry was kissing Draco's neck while trying to unbutton the blonde's shirt. Draco bit his lower lip and closed his eyes as he became overwhelmed with the feeling of Harry worshiping his body. When Harry was done he was as naked as the day he was born and Harry had kissed almost every inch of him. Draco decided that his soon to be lover had way too many pieces of clothe on so he returned this kisses and soft bites while he took his turn at undressing Harry. When both men were undressed they took a few minutes to look at each other's body. Draco's body was pale and smooth with hardly any blemishes while Harry's hard body had many battle scars. Draco traced some of those scars with his finger and other scars he trailed with his tongue making Harry gasp.
Harry had reversed their positions so he was now on top of Draco. "Are you sure about this love? I don't want to rush you."
Draco's eyes shone like molten silver when he signed back. /&/ I'm sure Harry, make me yours./&/
"Where do you keep your lube?"
Draco blushed but still pointed at a small night table next to the bed. Harry looked in the top drawer and found a small jar of lube that obviously had never been opened before. Harry searched Draco's expression for a few seconds; what he saw made him understand that Draco probably not done this too often before. He turned around and slowly started preparing Draco; he took his time as he didn't want to hurt him and because he wasn't small. He didn't want to tear his lover in two the first time they made love. After a few minutes Draco signaled him that he was ready. Harry placed a good amount lube on his hardened member and placed it in front of Draco's entrance. Slowly while watching Draco's face for his reactions Harry entered his lover inch by inch. Once he was fully inside he waited a few minutes for Draco to adjust to him. After a few seconds Draco nodded that he was ready. Harry started slowly and by watching Draco's eyes look full of lust and need he knew that it was time for him to go faster and harder. When he felt his orgasm approaching he placed his hand around Draco's length and started stroking him in time with his thrust. After a few thrust Draco arched under Harry and came all over their stomach and chest. Harry feeling his lover's channel tighten around him soon found himself also loosing all control and he experience the strongest orgasm he had ever felt. He rode his orgasm while screaming Draco's name after a few minutes he came down from his high and noticed that Draco was holding him and was softly kissing his neck. He softly pulled himself out of Draco and lay next to him taking him in his arms.
"Merlin Draco. That was simply amazing. I've never experienced something as intense as that." He looked at Draco who was smiling and seemed a bit dazed. He noticed that Draco was blushing a bit and didn't want to look up into Harry's eyes.
"Draco what's wrong?"
Draco sat up so he could move his arms and sign more freely. /&/This was the best thing that I've ever experienced in my life./&/ then shyly he looked at Harry and his cheeks were still showing his blush. /&/Harry…this was my first time. I've never given myself fully to someone before./&/
Harry's eyes went wide. Oh Merlin! He could have really hurt Draco with his size.
"I…I was your first?"
Draco nodded and looked down at his hands. Harry sat up and took Draco's hands in his.
"I'm honored that you would think me worthy of being your first. This was very special for me. I love you Draco. I will be very careful with you until your body gets used to me being in you."
/&/I love you too. I've always known that I wanted to give myself to the one I love and I have. You were very gentle with me. I saw that you are well endowed/&/ he signed with a blush. /&/ So I'm glad that you took the time to prepare me well. I hope we can repeat this experience often./&/
Draco smiled and Harry laughed. The raven haired wizard soon pounced on Draco making him fall back down on the bed. Leaning over towards his lover Harry growled in his ear. "Oh I think we will be doing lots of experimenting. I have a few things I want to do to you love."
The two lovers spent the rest of the afternoon getting to know each other's body. Draco was a fast and eager learner making Harry loose his self control a few times; something that nobody had ever been able to do before.
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The next couple of days were passed with the two wizards getting to know each other better and becoming closer. Harry knew that he would never leave his blond lover and he had sent an owl to the ministry giving them his letter of resignation. When Harry told this to Draco the young man looked at his lover with shock written all over his face.
"Do you mind if I stay here with you. I've been wanting to take a break from being an auror for a while now. I would love to stay in Miami with you if that's ok?"
/&/ Oh Merlin Harry! Of course I want you to stay with me. These two weeks have been the best of my life. I've never dreamed that we would be together and I never want to let you go now that I have you./&/ Draco was almost jumping for joy as he hugged Harry and kissed him.
Harry couldn't get over how different this Draco was from the one he knew at school. The young man was carefree and spirited. He had seen a side of Draco that made him all the more attractive to him. During his two weeks Harry had gone with Draco everywhere the blond took him. What had surprised and touched him the most was the two afternoons a week that Draco spent at the institute for the hearing impaired and mute children giving painting lessons to the youngsters who ranged in ages of four to seven that were attending the classes at the institute while they learned how to use sign language and the different machines and other aids that were available to them. Draco patently taught them how to sign the name of the colors that they would be using and he would let the children use their imaginations and paint to their little hearts content. After they were done the first class Draco explained to Harry that he had decided to teach art class to the kids to show them that adults can also have the same kind of problems and that they can grow up and work in the field in which they want to work in.
Harry enjoyed seeing Draco being himself and not the Malfoy heir that Lucius had forced him to be. He understood why Draco had changed his name and agreed that he had done a good thing at ending the Malfoy line. It would be one less dark family in the wizarding world. Harry also grew to like Draco's muggle friends. He met the little baby Kyle that was Draco's new godson. Patricia and Joel had even started calling him Uncle Harry; they knew that their friends would be together for a very long time. The five of them celebrated Harry's move to Miami with a beach party were Draco played guitar and the others sang. Harry felt at home and for the first time was able to be himself and not the boy who lived.
A few days later he wrote letters to his family in London telling them of his decision to stay with Draco where he would be happy. Many of his friends were happy while others tried to talk him into coming back to them. After a while they gave up and understood that Harry had made his decision.
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A year had quickly gone by and one night Draco proposed to Harry. They knew that they would have to go to London for a few days so they could go to the ministry of magic and be legally married. It took them a month to get prepared and once there it took them only two days to get everything set up. They sent invitations to their friends to meet them at the ministry while not telling them why they needed to be there. The Weasleys, Hermione, Remus and Snape were present at their wedding and all of them went to a nice restaurant afterwards to celebrate their union. A few days later the two wizards returned to Miami where they had another small dinner with their muggle friends. It was a good time had by all.
It took Draco a year and a half to learn basic wordless magic; everyday he would work for a few hours and everyday he would make progress. Harry predicted that he would gain about seventy five percent of his magical use within another two years. Draco worked hard and was able to accomplish the feat within another twenty months. Both wizards were exited that Draco was now able to use most of his magic. Harry felt a lot less guilty at his lover's sacrifice. They were a happy couple but one thing was still missing in their lives…a child.
Harry and Draco often spoke of adopting a young magical child and made inquiries with both the US and British ministry of magic to see what they needed to do to be able to adopt. After a series of questions and a lot of forms filled out they were finally placed on a waiting list. The two men now having been married for three years and living quite nicely off the living that Harry made as an instructor for the local auror branch and Draco's paintings were now prime candidates for adoption.
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The news came one morning while both of them were getting ready for their day. The phone rang and Harry picked it up. Draco noticed that Harry had paled while he was listening to what was being said. He watched as Harry spoke with whoever was on the other side of the line and when Harry hung up he had one of the biggest smiles on his face that Draco had seen in a long time. Harry swooped Draco into his arms and hugged him taking the breath out of him.
/&/What's going on love/&/
"That babe was the magical adoption agency here in Miami; it seems that two days ago a pair of brother and sister were brought to them after their parents had died in a boating accident. The two children had been staying with their nanny but when their parents were killed they were taken to the orphanage since they had no other family. They want us to go and see them." Harry's eyes were full of hope and anticipation. Draco smiled and asked/&/When do they want us to go/&/
"Well their case worker said as soon as possible. So how about I call into work and tell them that I won't be in today and we can go right after."
Draco nodded and watched as Harry dialed the number to his work. He explained to his superior what was going on and when Harry hung up the told Draco that his boss had given him the rest of the week off so they could adjust to being parents.
About an hour later Harry and Draco showed up at the orphanage and walked up to the administrator's office. Harry nervously knocked on the door and waited for them to be asked to enter. Once they went in the older lady who was sitting at the desk welcomed them and asked them to sit down.
Harry took hold of Draco's hand then turned around to speak with the woman.
"My name is Harry Potter-Malloy; this is my husband Drake Potter-Malloy; I was called this morning by one of your workers telling us that there was a couple of children that needed to be adopted."
The two men watched the woman who introduced herself as being Martha Periwinkle. She took out a file out of her desk and opened it. She read in it for a few seconds then lifter her head to smile at the two men.
"Yes, Janna was the one to call you. I think she explained the circumstances of how the children came into our care. Now I want to make sure that you two are prepared to take care of two very young children."
"How young?" asked Harry.
"The boy Matthew is two months old while his sister Marigold is twenty months old. It will be hard at first but since both of you are two strong young men you should be able to handle these two little ones."
Draco looked at Harry who was also watching him. /&/I think we can do this Harry. We've been wanting children for a long time now. This way our family will be complete with a boy and a girl./&/
Harry nodded his agreement then he turned back to speak to Martha. "Can we see them?"
"Why of course. Please come with me and I'll introduce them to you." Martha got up and opened a door that appeared on the other side of her office. Harry and Draco followed her and could see that the room had many cribs but they were almost all empty. Not many children stayed in orphanages in the wizarding world as children were very important to them and were seldom abandoned or most would quickly be adopted.
When they got close to two cribs at the far end of the room they could see a young woman taking care of one of the children. She was changing the diaper of the little boy and was now almost done. She turned around to see who was coming into the room. She saw the reaction of the two men towards the child in her arms. She smiled and introduced herself.
"Hello, my name is Janna. If my guess is right then you two are Harry and Draco Potter-Malloy."
"Yes we are. When you called this morning you said that we could visit with the children." Harry was looking at the little boy in her arms with a look of longing while Draco was leaning over another crib where a little girl was sleeping.
Janna walked up to Harry and placed Matthew in his arms. Harry took a good look at the little one that will become his son. Matthew had a dark head of hair with blue eyes that where wide open looking up at him. Harry smiled at the baby and tickled him under his chin. The babe gave him a toothless smile and Harry knew that the boy already had him wrapped around his little finger.
Draco watched his husband as he fell in love with the infant in his arms. He turned back to the crib to see that the little girl had been awoken by the noise around her. She was quietly looking at him. She had red hair and bright blue eyes like her brother's. She lifted her arms making Draco understand that she wanted to be picked up. Draco held on to her and walked up to Harry so that they could both see both children.
"Baby." Babbled the little girl as she pointed to her brother. "Baby…baby Atew!" she said as she clapped her hands. Harry and Draco laughed. They were now exited to meet up with their soon to be children. After visiting for a few hours the two men left to go back to their home. Harry changed the two other bedrooms into a room for Marigold and a nursery for Matthew. Marigold's room was all in pastel rainbow colors. He had made her a princess bed with a canopy. The ceiling was enchanted to look like the sky with fluffy clouds. One of the walls had a scene of an enchanted forest where you could see all kinds of magical creatures. Once in a while you could see a unicorn trotting up to drink out of the small pond. Harry was satisfied with his work so he made his way to the nursery where Draco had been decorating.
He was pleasantly surprised when he saw a beautiful cherry wood crib with all matching furniture. The colors of the bedding were in light blues with gold. Harry loved the mobile that was hanging over the crib. It had four small dragons flying in a circle while a soft tune played on. It took them a few days to get everything ready while still visiting the children for a couple of hours a day. Two weeks later after all the paperwork and preparations were done they were able to bring their new family home. When Harry and Draco arrived back home they were surprised to see both their muggle and wizarding friends waiting for them. The two babes were introduced to the clan and were quickly adopted by all. Harry laughed at the astonished face of his husband when Marigold extended her arm and her stuffed dragon flew to her arms. She looked at her two new fathers with innocent eyes making the two men think that she would be a handful when she grew up.
Later that evening, when the two men were sitting on their porch alone after having put both children to bed, they started talking about how their lives were now complete.
"You know Draco that for the first time in a long time I have felt content with my life. I love you and I thank Merlin everyday that we were able to see each other again after those years apart."
/&/I'm happy too that we were able to come together. I guess that my sacrifice was worth it after all. I think that the goddess that granted me my favor had this planned all along. /&/ Then turning towards Harry Draco took him in his arms. He closed his eyes and talked with his telepathy that Harry had started teaching him.
(I love you Harry Potter and I love our children. I know that we'll be happy. It was a hard road getting there but now I wouldn't change a thing.)
"Neither would I." Whispered Harry. The two men kissed as they made their way back to their bedroom. Their past had been plagued by madmen and pain but now their futures would be all that they had been searching for; love, happiness and family.
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