Chapter Three: Talking
"Now I have not known you would be here on this day Harry," Harry nodded. "I got your letter last Friday and I have to say I was surprised to hear from you after fourteen years." Dumbledore paused. "I am very so—"
"Don't even try it Dumbledore," Harry warned. Dumbledore nodded at Harry, knowing Harry would not accept anything at all, and continued.
"I talked with the Minister—" Harry started shaking with rage and Lemain took his arm before he could do anything. "Are you all right Mr. Potter?"
"What do you think?" Faye shouted at her own Headmaster now. "Fudge was the one who didn't let him a have a trial, just like Sirius! And you didn't believe him either did ya?"
"Faye!" Harry said and clasped the girls' mouth shut. "You can be mean to Dumbledore when your time is needed," he said slyly and Draco's eye widened at the Harry he knew. "Now sit down with your brothers," Lemain smiled mischievously and sat back down on the arm of the chair. "Now Dumbledore you may start," and Harry went back to his normal state, in the back of the armchair.
"Well…" Dumbledore said softly. "Fudge has let me have you here to guard Hogwarts after your request of being here all year and maybe even the whole time your children are here. I will not ask why," Harry appreciated this as Dumbledore always asked him questions. It was his business only. "I will have you at the guest quarters near the Transfiguration room—"Harry held out a hand.
"Sorry, but I had different ideas." Harry looked at Faye and then at Daren. "My family is different Dumbledore and I would like to stay near them. I know they are in different Houses and I love them for it." Luna smiled at the once feared wizard. "My two children," he looked towards the Slytherin students, "has a different thing that needs to be put up. I have to be with Daren most and then Faye some of the time at different times of the day."
"Why?" It wasn't Dumbledore who asked Harry, but Sirius Black, his godfather.
"I don't know if they want me to tell you. It's their decision." Faye smiled and looked towards Daren who slowly nodded but looked uncertain about it.
"I have a disease Sirius," Faye said to him. "I eventually cough and can't stop. If someone isn't there to say the words to me then I might die from lack of air." She said and looked towards Luna. "My family is the only ones who does know what to say to me and how to do it. I can't even say it to myself."
"I'm much worse though for me," Daren started when she stopped. "Every single night I get nightmares, not your usual nightmares that most people get of clowns attacking you with red noses and balloons," Sirius smirked. "I get nightmares of my own family dieing in front of me Sir," he looked at Dumbledore. "And I would appreciate it that at least one of my family members are there with me, I might even try to—"
"Don't tell them anything else," Harry said to Daren who tried to cry. Anguis went to him and took Faye's seat and put his arm around his shoulder. "I would like it if…" Harry trailed off. "Well if it's all right with you Dumbledore that I have a place near them so I can be there for especially Daren who can be very noisy as he wakes up at midnight usually. He can wake up the whole block actually and I got a telling off from my neighbor just last weekend," Daren finally calmed down and Faye remained on the floor curled up with her knees to her chest.
"I think Mr. Potter that it can be arranged for you. Would you rather have your family in the same tower that will have a silenced charm around it?" Dumbledore asked his former Head Boy. Harry shrugged and looked towards the children.
"Whatever they think is best," Anguis hurriedly nodded and his hand still lay on Daren's shoulder. Faye nodded to and Lemain smiled and nodded and sat up.
"Will I have my own room?"
"No," Faye, Daren and Anguis said together. "If you did—"Daren said
"Then I don't—"Faye said
"Want to be in there," Anguis said.
Sirius laughed and Luna just smiled sweetly at the kids. Harry situated himself next to his children and sat down on the floor beside Faye who rested her head on his chest for comfort.
"Where will we be staying then?" Harry asked the Professor. Sirius cleared his throat and nodded his head over to Luna. She saw it and put her hands up.
"What?" she asked Sirius. It was the first time she spoke in Harry's presence. "Hey, I wasn't the one who put those snakes in your cupboard. Fred and George personally framed me because I put frog spawn in their Fire whiskeys last year," she said as if her life depended on it. Sirius raised and eyebrow.
"I know," Sirius said. "I was just saying that Harry and his children would be living next to the Transfiguration classroom." He said. Luna blushed and nodded. "You know the big—"
"I know which one that is Sirius," Luna said and looked any other place other than Sirius.
"Draco," Dumbledore said talking for the first time in a while. Draco looked at his former Headmaster. "I did not floo you because Harry was here," Draco looked at him.
"What do you mean Albus? Did I do something wrong to the Ministry? I know we didn't catch Bellatrix yet but I will soon with the help of Moody of course and Tonks." Draco was in the Order of the Phoenix and in a small band of wizards that once had Harry in it when he was out of Azkaban for five years where he met his wife for three years and abandoned the whole secrecy thing.
"No, Draco. That is not it. I wish for you to stay with Mr. Potter and so you can protect Hogwarts," Dumbledore said lightly.
"Professor Dumbledore," Draco spoke. "I'm not Harry, you can tell me the truth and I won't wreck your office," Harry laughed.
"Mr. Malfoy…" he trailed off as if it could hurt someone to go on. "Lydah is in danger. Snape was at a meeting and found something that Voldemort wants from her." Draco was flabbergasted. "I think it would be best that you would say here with Harry and protect her as well as Harry's children.
"Why them?" Luna questioned Dumbledore, but he only shrugged and looked at Harry as if Albus didn't know anything about it.
"Ever since my children were born, Voldemort has been tracking them down as well as me," Luna frowned. "Voldemort has been trying to kill anyone I get close to. My wife died when they were young and it was hard, probably because it was on their birthday. It was a big blow to all of us." Harry lucidly looked at Daren.
Everyone stopped staring at Harry at his children as a loud thunder of noises came outside of Dumbledore's office.
"Shut up Malfoy!" a young boy's voice yelled. Draco looked at the door as the boy said his name. They kids were getting closer to the door. "You think your so—"
"Pretty? I know I am, I get it from my mother thank you very much," Draco smiled as a little girls voice said sweetly. "Who was your mother? A fat cow I wager." Draco and Harry laughed.
"Malfoy! Addison!" Severus Snape's voice shouted and then thrust open the door and practically threw the two kids inside. "Headmaster, Addison was—"Severus was rudely interrupted by the little gray eyed girl.
"He called my family filth—Dad!" She screamed and ran towards Draco's arms.
"Filth eh?" Draco looked at the boy who had red hair and glasses. Addison, the boy began backing up with fear as he locked eyes with a Malfoy. "Could I curse him Sir?" Draco asked Snape. But someone didn't wait for an answer and did something incredible.
"Dielnighto!" Daren pointed his wand at Addison. Addison properly became a suit of armor with a muggle coke bottle head. He was stiff as a board and the only sound in the room for a while was the bubbling in the bottle head. "Yes! First time and I did it. Dad, did you see that? It's my first and only creation." Daren walked to Addison and unscrewed the top.
"You created a hex?" Luna asked amazed at the strange haired boy. He nodded and when he took the top off his head, bubbles came flooding out.
"Whoa!" he said and screwed the top back on.
"Daren," Harry said to his second oldest quad. Daren finished and looked up at him. "Stop showing off," he said unconscientiously.
"It was a good cause Dad. I mean come on, sixth year you hexed Draco into a ferret to remember the good days." Harry put his hands on Daren's mouth and shook his head. Faye rolled her eyes and got up from her seat and headed over to the girl beside Draco.
"Hi, my name is Faye Potter, what's yours?" she asked the girl with blonde curly hair to her back.
"Lydah Malfoy," She said shyly. "Are you from Slytherin too?"
"Yeah that's me House. It's Daren's too," she pointed to Daren who was free from Harry's hand, and Harry's hand had a bite mark on it. "Watch out for him, he's too protective."
"Too true," Lydah giggled. Harry silenced everyone and asked that the kids go outside the room while he, Luna, Draco, Severus, Draco and Dumbledore talked about the arrangements.
The five children, Anguis was first to get out, made it out of Dumbledore's office and stood there together not talking. Lemain finally introduced himself.
"My name is Lemain Potter," he smiled at her. Anguis told her his name as asked her if she wanted to become their first friend outside of the family in Hogwarts. Lydah squeaked OK.
"How old are you?" he asked her.
"I'll be eleven in September."
"Were eleven," Faye replied. "Do you like Quidditch?"
"Very. I like being Chaser I'm hoping to get on the team next year. What about you guys?" she asked, finally getting into the conversation.
"I'm Seeker for us," Daren said with a dreamy look upon his face. Faye looked at him and snapped her fingers in front of his face.
"He's obsessed with Quidditch." Anguis told her. "I'm Beater though, I like hurting people who are mean to my brothers and sister,"
"I'm Keeper," Faye replied.
"I'm Chaser," Lemain ended the conversation.
"It's cool that you are all different. If I didn't know I would have thought you liked the same thing." The gargoyle moved and Harry, Luna and Draco stepped off. "Hi Dad," she said and gave him a hug.
"Dad," Daren started and Harry looked down at him. "We'll be staying together right? I won't be alone again will I?"
"Course you won't. Dumbledore's letting us have our own tower. We have three rooms. So I get my own room and you four have to figure out who's together. Who wants to be with Daren this time?"
"Me!" Lemain shouted and put his hand up.
"OK, then Faye and Anguis will be together, is that all right?" he asked mainly Anguis. He nodded and put an arm around his sister. "Well come on, Luna's showing us the Trans—"Luna interrupted him.
"You know where it is Harry," Luna started to go to her right towards the kitchens where Harry showed it to her in her fifth year. But Harry grabbed her arm.
"Yes, but, I do get lost sometimes." Harry pouted. "I need my friend from Hogwarts to come with me other than stupid Draco," he scowled at Harry. "I mean what if bloody Ron jumps me and kills me? You're a very clever and bright witch Luna, you could say the counter curse and save my poor soul," Harry was acting like a seven year old. Luna smiled dreamily and hit Harry's arm playfully.
"Draco, where are you staying?" Luna asked her friend also.
"With my girlfriend," Draco replied to her and they all started walking to their respected rooms. Draco's wife, Pansy Parkinson, ran off with a Death Eater and became a fully Death Eater eight years ago to Lord Voldemort. Now he was all alone with Lydah.
"Who would that be?" Lemain asked his godfather. Draco looked at his feet as he said it.
"Ginny Weasley."
"No way!" Harry shouted in disbelief. "Does Ron know?" Draco nodded sadly. "What happened when Ron found out?" he asked suspiciously.
"When he did find out he made a fool of me in the Ministry. He practically forbids me to go near Ginny or else he would kill me and I knew he was telling the truth by the look in his face. Pure hatred, even if I'm on your side now." They all started down the Transfiguration hallway,
"I'll help you out Draco. I can scare Ron away anytime I want too," Harry slapped Draco's back. Draco laughed and Harry steered the conversation away. "So who's teaching now and everything?"
"Let me see…" Draco and the rest turned a corner, the kids holding hands. "Luna is the Head of Gryffindor House, Transfiguration teacher, and second in charge after McGonagall died in our seventh year. "Harry nodded sadly and smiled at Luna as if she deserved the job. "Binns is still History of Magic, Severus is Potions master still, Sirius is Defense against the Dark Arts teacher full time now," Harry laughed. "Ginny's Charms, and Ron is the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, beware. I think he's worse than Hagrid was," Hagrid was now living in America with his wife, Beauxbaton's Headmistress.
"And you're a High ranking official Auror and I'm The-Boy-Who-Was-Betrayed." Harry said sarcastically at the end.
"Harry," Luna stopped walking. Harry turned along with the others to her. "Can I talk to you please? In private?" Harry shooed off the kids and Draco to the end of the hall where they would be waiting for them. "Come here," Luna said and went in a empty classroom.
"What's wrong Luna, and—"but he stopped as he saw emotionless Luna crying in front of him. Harry walked over to her and touched her shoulder. "Don't cry Luna," he soothed her. 'I don't like seeing anyone crying," Harry put his hands around her neck and she gladly turned around to him and put her head in his chest and cried.
For a good few minutes they were in each others arms and Luna wept. After a few Luna stopped and wiped at her eyes and cheeks and looked up at Harry, still in his arms.
"I'm glad your back Harry," Luna sniffled and Harry ran his fingers through her hair like he did all those years back when she cried. "I tried getting you out Harry. Fudge was being mean and wouldn't let anyone see you, not even your best friends." She stopped to compose herself. Harry then took control.
"I missed you a lot Luna, more than Ron." He said Ron's name in disgust. "I hope I don't get to see him anymore but I know I will have to because I'm patrolling Hogwarts day and night most times when I feel too."
Luna buried her head in Harry's chest and took a deep breath. Harry kissed the top of her head and hugged her tightly as if he thought she was going to run away from him too. Then Luna asked a question that had bothered her.
"Will you run from us again Harry?" she asked timidly. Harry stopped stroking her dirty blonde hair and smiled sweetly.
"I was going to until I saw you guys again. No Luna, I won't run anymore." He said in a positive way. "Come on we should get going now to the others. They probably think were dead or something much worse," Luna smirked and hit him on the shoulder and Harry led her out of the empty classroom.