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Betrayals and Secrets
Chapter Twelve
First Day of Teaching
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Harry, Hermione and Lily had apparated to Hogsmeade. Dumbledore had asked Lily and Hermione to teach. Hermione would be teaching Muggle Studies and Lily would be teaching History of Magic, so maybe all the people in the class wouldn't fall asleep like usual because she was teaching. Not because she was Harry's mother, but because she was a woman and she was actually interesting when she talked, not like Professor Binns, who only drawled on and wasn't that much of a teacher to begin with. In fact, some would say he was a complete ghost.
Harry patted his stomach gently. His child was growing quite quickly, and thankfully, he had gotten rid of the morning sickness. Sooner or later he'd be taken a maternal leave at Hogwarts until the child was born, and when that happened Remus would be taking over as D.A.D.A teacher. But for now, Harry couldn't wait until he began to teach. He was just excited to teach, and he wondered how many self-centred Slytherins who only cared about themselves were there. No offence to Draco.
"Harry, you only have three months to go," Lily stated. "Oh, it's so exciting."
He laughed. Hanging around girls made him feel... well, feminine. But they were his mother and one of his best friends - how can he not hang out with them.
"Do you know when your due, Harry?" Hermione asked.
"December 12th," Harry replied. "Plus, Draco and I have decided to wait until the baby is born to find out what the gender is."
"That's what James and I did with you," Lily said.
"Really?" Harry asked.
Lily nodded and smiled. "But we were happy anyway - how could we not be? I've never seen your father so possessive of anyone - he wouldn't even let Remus hold you."
Harry laughed. "You're kidding ... wait, that doesn't sound like him at all."
"I know, and that's what's so weird, but it was quite cute to see him so protective of you - because, like I said, he was never that way with anyone, not even his fellow Marauders."
Harry smiled. "Well, I wonder what his reaction was when he noticed I was with Draco."
Lily laughed. "I haven't seen it either, he must've been alone when he saw that. Oh, here we are."
"Wow, it's actually been really long since I was outside the castle last," Harry said to Hermione, who also nodded. "It's been a year. But it feels like forever."
"I completely agree ... " suddenly, Harry fell to the ground in pain, clutching his stomach.
"Harry!" Lily cried, getting down beside her son. "What's wrong?"
"It's the baby, something's wrong," Harry replied before he collapsed from the pain.
"We have to get him to Madam Pomfrey - and fast," Lily said as she picked up her son carefully. What was wrong with the baby?
"I'll go floo Draco in the Headmaster's Office," Hermione said. "Then I'll meet you in the Hospital Wing."
Lily nodded and when they were inside the castle rushed off in different directions.
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"Hermione, what's wrong?" Draco asked from the fireplace.
"Something's wrong with Harry," Hermione said. "He said it's the baby."
Draco's eyes widemed. "I'll be right there."
"We'll be in the Hospital Wing," Hermione said and disappeared from the fireplace.
Draco grabbed a stash of floo powder and instantly said "Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office!" and Disappeared.
When he reappeared in the Headmaster's Office, Dumbledore was all ready gone. Probably at the Hospital Wing wondering what the hell was wrong with Harry.
He ran up to the fourth floor on the stairs and burst into the Hospital Wing. He ran over to the bed which Harry lay. He sat on the edge and took Harry's hand. "What happened?" he asked. Lily was not there, but Hermione was.
"The baby was sending a surge of magical energy throughout Harry's body," Madam Pomfrey explained to the worried soon-to-be-father. "The baby was also developing it's magic, which caused him to collapse. But, rest assured, the baby is fine, as is he. There's no need to worry."
Draco sighed and kissed Harry's hand, still keeping his hand against his lips. "So, he can go whenever he feels like it?"
Madam Pomfrey nodded. "I just need to give him some Potions first, but we'll wait until he wakes up for that. Now, it's a good thing this happened an hour before the Welcoming Feast started."
"Well, we wanted to be early," Hermione said from her position on the other side of Harry's bed. She had the Harry's other hand in hers and clutching it tightly.
Then, Sirius and Remus decided to make an appearance. "Is he all right?" Remus asked.
"Yes, it was just the baby getting its first magics," Madam Pomfrey explained. "It was also sending a burst of magic throughout Harry's body, causing him to faint. The baby might also drain his energy at some point, but only because it needs Harry's magic and energy to grow."
The two Marauders nodded and sighed heavily. "At least nothing's wrong, right?"
"No, he's just fine," Madam Pomfrey sighed. "Now only three people can be in the Wing with him at once."
"I'm going to floo Ron anyway," Hermione said and walked away, leaving Sirius, Remus and Draco with Harry.
"You must have been incredibly worried, Draco," Remus said. "James was the same with Lily when it happened."
"Then wouldn't Lily know what happened?"
"Not necessarily," Remus said. "It's just that Male Pregnancies are extremely rare, though not uncommon, and we don't know everything there is to know about them."
Draco nodded.
Harry suddenly woke up with a start. Draco jumped but still held Harry's hand. "Harry?" he asked worriedly. "You all right?"
"Y-Yeah," Harry shuddered and Draco wrapped a warm blanket around him tightly. "Just a dream."
"Want to talk about it?" Sirius asked, smoothing out Harry's hair gently with his right hand, his other hand holding Harry's other hand. Harry shook his head and Sirius sighed. Harry had to talk about it sometime - he couldn't let Harry bottle his feelings up forever.
The door suddenly opened, and Lily came in with the Headmaster. "So, everything's all right, Poppy?"
"Yes, yes, I've explained it about 1000 times," the medi-witch sighed heavily. "Now, when you're done here - I will ask if only three people stay in here. This is a hospital and patients need rest."
Dumbledore sat on the edge of Harry's bed. "Harry, my boy, how are you feeling?"
"Tired," Harry replied leaning into Draco's chest.
"Well, I thought you might want to see the next edition of the Daily Prophet," he passed Harry the newspaper, and Draco read it while leaning on his shoulder.
HARRY POTTER KNOCKED UP by Rita Skeeter
It appears that Harry Potter, a teenage tragedy at age 18, and is teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts, has been proved pregnant. He's just fallen unconscious from the baby developing it's magics - but this leads us to only one question, who's the other parent? Since it's a male pregnancy, from what we know it has to be another male. So who's the other father? There are many boys Potter hangs around with, and the father could be right under our noses.
But my sources have found out who the father is. Draco Malfoy, 18, son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, is in fact the other parent. Our sources have said that earlier they saw Draco Malfoy hanging around the famous Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. We all know that Potter has a taste for the Dark, and has joined the ranks of the Death Eaters, so it's no wonder why Draco Malfoy would be hanging aorund there. Obviously Mr. Malfoy wanted to be seen hanging around with the Boy-Who-Lived. The Malfoy family has a lot of popularity.
So Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy have become Gay Couple Of The Year, and their open-ness at their love is so romantic. Do you think they'll consider marriage? Or will Mr. Malfoy drop him because he's pregnant?
Will Harry Potter ever go into Azkaban where he truly belongs? Or will he roam free forever, without a care in the world?
Harry buried his face in his hands, not wanting anyone to see his tears. Now everyone in the whole bloody world knew he was pregnant, or as Rita Skeeter called it, knocked up. It was a muggle term, though.
Draco wrapped his arms around Harry's waist, and rest his head on Harry's shoulder. "Shh," he whispered as Harry started to sob. He shuddered and Draco held onto him tightly.
Sirius, Remus and Lily read the Prophet and stared at it with wide eyes. "How can anyone believe the lies? I mean the pregnancy and relationship is true - but everything else isn't," Sirius almost exclaimed.
Madam Pomfrey took the Prophet and read it. "Harry, you can stay wherever you like - if you want to hide from the world, that is."
Harry looked at her. "Really?"
"Yes, of course, my boy," Dumbledore said. "Why, since you're teaching ... you and Draco could have your own private dorms."
"O-Okay," Harry said shakily. The Headmaster smiled sadly and left the hospital wing.
James' spirit suddenly appeared into the room and placed a hand on Harry's shoulder. Compared to when other ghosts touched you and it was freezing, this was actually quite warm and soothing.
"Harry . . . you know I'll protect you from anything . . . they won't know what hit them . . . "
An hour later, Harry, Hermione and Lily sat in chairs in the Great Hall. Dumbledore began his first speech of the year.
"I'd like to welcome you all back to Hogwarts - and to the first years, I hope you enjoy your many years here," Headmaster Albus Dumbledore smiled wildly at the First Years and the other Hogwarts students. "I have four announcements. Please note that the Forbidden Forest is off limits to all students, and the list of the items not allowed in Hogwarts can be found on the door of our caretaker, Mr. Filch's office. Thirdly, I'd like to announce that we have two…I'm sorry, four new teachers this year. Firstly, Professor Potter, who will be our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Professor Granger as our Muggle Studies teacher, also, Professor Potter, as our History of Magic teacher. But she is going by her maiden name, Evans. And lastly Professor Malfoy, who will be teaching Potions. So please welcome Professor Potter, Professor Granger, Professor Malfoy and Professor Evans to Hogwarts."
All students clapped and Ginny's hands, if they could, had gotten completely red with all the clapping she was doing. Her best friends - were teaching her! It was going to be a… forgetful experience. She noticed that Harry and Hermione waved to her and she smiled and waved back just as wildly. Colin Creevey was witting next to her, and he was blinking wildly at Professor Evans.
"Ginny, isn't that Harry's mother?" Colin asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"I thought she was dead!"
"Oh, you didn't see it in the Daily Prophet? She's been back for half-a-year now," Ginny explained. "Actually, she was in hiding. She never really was killed by You-Know-Who in Halloween of 1981. She managed to escape with Harry."
"Wow … " Colin said in a daze. She was glad she still had someone familiar, because most of her former friends had betrayed her when she was friends with Harry and girlfriends with Cho Chang. But Colin had accepted her, due to the fact that he was also gay.
"Ginny?"
She turned around and grinned. Cho had graduated a few years ago, but she still came to visit. Ginny threw her arms around Cho, and she smirked and hugged her back just as tightly. "Hey…"
"LESBIANS!" a random Slytherin shouted.
Ginny buried her face in Cho's chest as Harry walked over to the table. It was a good thing that Snape wasn't teaching anymore. "I don't know where you get the idea to just call people random names by just glancing at them - 5 points from Slytherin for racism and accusation."
Hermione smiled at Harry. He was getting this down pat, instead of causing trouble as they used to.
"Why would you - oh your Potter, eh?" the Slytherin sneered. "Pregnant Potter, that's your name now, you didn't know?" he asked.
"I suggest you shut your mouth," a voice said from behind. They turned to see Draco Malfoy. "Don't you dare call him or Ginny that again."
"You're Malfoy, aren't you?" he asked. "Ah, it's all coming to me - I see it in your eyes - you're the gay faggots!"
"I wish I was teaching again so I could kick your sorry ass," a voice said from behind them. They turned around to see Severus Snape. "Draco, give him detention if I were you."
Draco nodded. "Detention for a week, Mr. Orion. I will be talking to your parents - not a nice way to start your sixth year. Come see me in my office at 10 tomorrow morning."
With that he walked away.
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