Disclaimer: Not mine. JKR is the goddess behind Harry Potter.

Warnings: Slash and Mpreg

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update, but as it says on my profile, my muse is sporadic at best. Hopefully I'll get more written soon!

Chapter 2:

The past couple of minutes ran in a continuous loop through Harry's mind. The fact that he was a vampire was enough of a shock. Added to that was the fact that Lucius Malfoy was his mate, and they were both pregnant! Pregnant! He was only sixteen! Sure, he had wanted to have kids some day, but he had been thinking a good ten years down the road.

Harry glanced out of the corner of his eye to see how Lucius was taking the news. He did not seem to be overly surprised, though it was rather difficult to tell through the mask that he was wearing. Of course, Harry realized that as a pureblood Lucius had probably been raised knowing that there was a possibility of this from the moment he had found himself mated. He shook himself from those thoughts as Dumbledore started talking again.

"Lucius, you should already know what is to happen in situations such as this, however I will be explaining everything for Harry's sake. Since Lucius is a convict, but you are not, Harry, he will be given to your custody for the same length of time as he would have been in Azkaban. That will be another fourteen years. Usually there is some sort of a bind on the person's magic to keep them from causing any problems, but as Lucius here is a Veela and cannot cause you any harm and do all in his power to keep you safe, the Wizengamut has decided not to do so as long as he causes no major problems."

"Headmaster, what about Mrs. Malfoy? What happens with her," Harry asked curiously. "And Draco?"

It was Lucius who answered him. "There was a clause added into our marriage contract in case of the slim chance that I would find my mate. The instant we found one another, a legal divorce went through. That is the case with all who have creature blood in them, as mated pairs are much more likely to produce more children. Narcissa will be getting one of my family's estates, as well as ten thousand galleons a year." At this, Lucius gave a faint smirk. "I will find it interesting to see how she survives on that, as she usually spends just that much on a single shopping spree."

"As for Draco, he will have a choice. He will either join his mother and no longer be my heir, or except our mating and learn to get along with you. If he does decide to stay, however, I would ask that you at least try to live in peace, if not actually get along with one another. If not for your own sake, then do so for the sake of our unborn children. I would prefer that all of my children got along."

Harry thought about this a moment. There were a lot of things that needed to be worked out, the least of which being Voldemort. If Draco would be willing to live in peace with him, Harry decided he would give it a try. With that thought in mind he gave Lucius a nod of agreement.

"Wonderful, my boys," Dumbledore exclaimed with a smile. "I will now leave you to become better acquainted with one another." Dumbledore left the infirmary, leaving the two patients to sit together in an awkward silence.

Lucius finally broke the silence after a few minutes. "Well, this certainly is an interesting turn of events, don't you agree, Mr. Po…. Harry."

A shiver went down Harry's spine at hearing his first name from Lucius. 'That voice should come with it's own warning,' Harry thought to himself. "Indeed…Lucius. So what should we talk about now?"

Lucius got a thoughtful look on his face. "I suppose the first matter that we should address would have to be the Dark Lord. I would have to say that he is most likely the largest issue that we have."

Harry decided he could not argue with that. "You do, of course, realize that no matter what else, he and I will fight. I was the cause of his defeat, and he will never be able to let that go." 'Not to mention the prophesy,' Harry thought to himself.

Lucius nodded. "Since his resurrection, he has seemed to be quite obsessed with you. Many of his followers are uneasy with this. The fact he left several of his followers sitting in prison will most likely not go over well with the rest."

"What about our mating? Should we try to keep it from him?"

"I doubt that we will be able to keep this mating from Him, if He does not already know. I believe, however, that we should speak with Dumbledore to see if anyone else knows about the fact that you are a half vampire. If we can hide that fact from him, it would give us a rather large advantage."

"I agree." Harry looked confused for a moment. "Is it just me, or is it rather odd that neither you nor me are more upset about this? All in all, I'm quite calm, all things considered."

"It is the nature of the mating bond to keep our reactions to one another from being more violent. We can expect to react similar to the past when it comes to other people, but mates simply cannot, even if the past relationship was less than ideal."

Harry sat thinking about that fact. 'Maybe,' he thought to himself, 'being mated with Lucius Malfoy won't be quite as bad as I had originally thought.'