Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine.
Warnings: This is SLASH or YAOI depending on what you want to call it but there will be no really graphic scenes…I don't think. This is also Mpreg (has male pregnancy in it). It shall also have time travel in it. You have been told, don't go saying you haven't been warned.
Pairing: DMHP also RWHG and some mention of SS/OC.
Chapter 2
The following morning Draco woke up to find himself alone on his large bed. Harry wasn't there though there were clear signs that Harry had got dressed because his wardrobe door was hung slightly ajar and his wand was sat on the elegant chair at the other end of the room. Draco knew by now that if Harry was up and about then his chair would be left on that chair and all doors would be left slightly ajar so that he could call on his wand should he desperately need it. The only reason Harry didn't carry his wand around with him all the time was because if one of the children got hold of it then there would be huge problems.
Sighing Draco pushed back the covers on his bed and went over to his wardrobe. Finding a pair of smart grey trousers and a white silk shirt, a very expensive jacket and dress shoes. Showering, drying and tying his hair into a low, loose pony tail Draco exited the bedroom after making sure he was impeccably dressed but still dressed in muggle clothing Draco headed down stairs and into the kitchen where he knew he'd find Harry eating with the rest of the family on the breakfast bar and the house elves cleaning up.
Once in the kitchen Draco slid into the chair next to Harry. Harry was feeding Kali and occasionally letting the girl do it on her own. Kali, it seemed, did not always like doing things for herself and since she had two doting parents and two brothers who'd quite happily talk for her and get what she wanted she didn't really need to do much for herself. Draco knew this dependence often drove Harry insane but that he also enjoyed doing things for the girl too.
"Daddy, guess what!" Alex chirped from his seat opposite Draco. Draco smiled softly and indulged the boy who was eating his pancakes and managing to get sauce all over his chin. Luckily for Draco and the house elves Harry didn't let the children get dressed until after they had eaten breakfast. If they dressed first it was almost guaranteed that their clothes would be messed up by the end of breakfast.
"I don't know Alex. I'm just not smart enough." In the corner of his eye he saw Harry glance over at him and smirk but Draco ignored his husband and Harry went back to encouraging Kali to eat her pancake with her baby fork.
"We're going to see Petty and Vernon and Dudley and…um…"
"And Eloise and their children?" Harry put in when Alex frowned trying to remember what all their names were.
"YEAH!" Alex yelled throwing his hands in the air and bouncing on his chair. "And Eloise and the babies!"
"Oh yes I remember now. Your Papa told me yesterday but I forgot. Thank you for reminding me Alex." Alex grinned at the praise and went back to his pancakes. Sebastian looked up at Draco.
"Are you going to play with us in the bath Daddy? Papa said we all had to have one before we go to Petty and Vernon's house." Draco frowned in thought.
"I guess I could, once I've packed all our stuff ready for us to go." Sebastian nodded and turned back to his breakfast with enthusiasm equal to his brother's. Harry sighed from his seat and leaned back against the chair watching as Kali ate on her own and let out delighted squeals after every mouthful. Draco grinned adoringly at the girl and slowly ate his own breakfast.
Bath time was horrendous. Sebastian got in amongst the bubbles and started playing quite happily with a toy water dragon and a warrior merman whilst Kali made a huge mess by picking up the bubbles and splating them against the wall. But it was Alex who had the biggest problem of all. As soon as he'd seen the bathtub full of water he'd screamed and run away. Draco had mused that this was probably an after effect of what had happened yesterday. It had taken fifteen minutes to calm the poor boy down but in the end Harry had agreed to take Alex in the shower whilst Draco took care of the other two.
Once all the children, and Harry, had showered Draco sat them all in the boy's nursery wrapped up in huge, fluffy white towels each. Harry was getting dressed in the other room but finally emerged wearing expensive blue trousers and a black silk button down shirt with an emerald dragon design to the left of his chest.
Draco, after examining lots of articles of clothing in the boy's wardrobe, finally settled on a pair of black trousers for Seb and a pair of tan trousers for Alex. Seb also received a green cashmere jumper with a cooler green t-shirt beneath it and Alex got a white T-shirt with a blue shirt over it. Once the boys were dressed and Harry had spelled their clothes to keep them clean Draco got started on Kali eventually deciding to put her in a light green dress with cute little white shoes and socks and white cardigan all of which were also spelled to stay clean no matter what. Spelling clothes to keep them clean and in one piece was one of the few spells that Harry would allow to be used on his children since after an unfortunate incident with a muddy field that had once been filled with cows they had been deemed very necessary.
"Right then, are we ready to go?" All the children nodded and Kali raised her hands to Harry and demanded to be picked up with the clear word 'up'. "Not this time Kali, this time you can walk and show Daddy how big and clever you are."
Kali looked ready to burst into tears to get her own way but Harry ignored this and took one of her hands in his and helped her stand up. She grudgingly let him walk her out of the room and help him on the stairs. Draco wasn't nearly as against carrying his children as Harry was this morning and lifted Alex up and held Sebastian's hand.
The family went out of the house and into the black, chauffeur driven limo waiting on the drive way. As was expected of the very rich and very powerful Malfoy family the limo had been magically altered to perfection and the space inside magicked to be bigger and more spacious. It allowed the children to play on the floor without the risk of endangering their lives should the limo crash. Draco sat back on the million pound sofa and leaned casually back on it with one arm over the arm rest and the other over the back of the chair. Harry reclined casually next to him and leaned against his side resting his head on Draco's shoulder. Harry let out a sigh and closed his eyes. Draco moved his arm and squeezed Harry's shoulder reassuringly.
Whilst it was true that the Dursleys' had gotten more polite towards Harry and their family Harry still greatly disliked going to see them. Their politeness had cold tones and it was often clear that the Dursleys' only invited the family to the 'family gatherings' to show off their wealthy nephew. Everything Dudley did was still better than Harry, though and now that Dudley had a second child that would no doubt be rubbed in Harry's face as well even though Harry had more children.
"It's alright love. It'll be fine. Anything they've got we've got the same only a thousand times better."
"Hm. Love you."
"Love you too." Harry turned his head and Draco leaned in and kissed him chastely only breaking away when they heard three different giggles. Looking over at the children Draco and Harry noticed all eyes were on them. Harry immediately blushed and moaned whilst Draco rolled his eyes.
"Don't you lot have games to play?"
"Yes Daddy." The boys chorused.
"Papapapapa! Play!" Harry groaned and rolled his eyes. Slowly making to get up he let out a surprised yelp when Draco grabbed his waist and pulled him back to sit down.
"You don't have to Harry. Let her play on her own for a bit."
"Dray, you can have me later, for now let me play with her." Draco was about to nod his grudging accent when a small voice interrupted him and caught him by surprise.
Alex was on his feet crouching in front of Kali and holding his hand out to the little girl.
"Kali, let Papa stay with Daddy and you play with me okay?" Kali thought about this for a while before a grin spread over her angelic face. Bouncing on the spot even though she was sat down the little girl cried out happily.
"Play! Play!" Alex grinned and looked over his shoulder at the adults. Harry stared at Alex with amazement clear on his face. Draco, on the other hand, grinned at Alex and flicked his wand discretely giving the boy a chocolate frog. Alex gasped before grinning even wider and settling down to play with Kali. Harry was still in a state of shock. It was rather sudden that Alex had decided to do that. It was obvious that little Alex was obviously a little more devious and Slytherin than Harry had given him credit for before. Draco smirked as Harry slowly reclined back against him and he wrapped his arm around the narrow waist playing idly with the hem of Harry's shirt.
"That boy amazes me sometimes. I didn't realise he could be so…Slytherin."
"A Malfoy to the core that one."
"Mhum." Harry hummed watching Alex curiously from his spot against Draco. After about five minutes of silent watching Harry kissed Draco's neck gently before settling down to take a small nap. He had been rather restless last night. The worry of the Dursleys' and the stress of the day had gotten to him and his dreams hadn't been completely pleasant. Since Voldemort's death at the other end of Harry's wand Harry had occasional flashbacks of the time and nightmares that haunted him but the ones of Voldemort were becoming few and far between six years on and he was just left with the normal nightmares that people had. Last night Harry had suffered through seeing Vernon pushing him head first into a bath only for the scene to change and Harry see Alex falling into the river. Not pleasant.
A few hours later they'd arrived in London and at Dudley Dursley's home. Sighing Harry helped his children out of the limo and he and his family walked up the small driveway towards the three bedroom house Dudley owned. The house was nothing like Privet Drive. It was bricked up halfway then the top half of the house had wooden beams making a 'v' shape on it and white on the rest of the walls. The garden was a little worse for wear and the grass could have used a good cutting. Dudley's Peugeot 306 stood on the driveway and also Vernon's car was there.
Ringing on the doorbell the family waited.
"Now remember, no magic and nothing special. We are muggles for today. We are not special people, just muggles. Got it?" Draco said to his children. The children nodded gloomily. Draco watched as Harry swallowed nervously but nodded anyway. The door swung open to reveal the large figure of Vernon Dursley.
"Oh, it's you. Well, don't just stand there! Come in. We were waiting in the lounge. You remember where that was right?"
"Of course we do." Draco drawled before ushering his family inside and past the gigantic figure. Draco absently noticed that Alex shivered when they passed Vernon.
In the lounge the family settled on the far sofa whilst Petunia, Vernon and Eloise sat with Eloise holding the new arrival and their older son Wayne sat on Petunia's lap. Dudley was sat in the only single chair there was and was looking proudly at his wife.
Over the years Dudley had lost lots of his fat and had become rather muscled though he still hadn't cleared up his slothful habits. Now he had muscle but also a beer belly. Eloise was slightly plump but not overly so and it wasn't because of her habits that she was her size but more because of her genetics and no amount of dieting had changed it for her. She had dark brown hair and shining blue eyes that could sometimes out shine Dumbledore's eyes though she was no witch.
"It's nice to see you all again." Eloise said smiling warmly at Harry and Draco. "How've you been?"
"We've been fine. And yourself?" Eloise smiled even wider at Draco's comment.
"Never better." She gestured to the new born. It had shocked them all when Eloise had accepted that Harry and Draco were wizards. Sure they never showed her what they were capable of because Vernon had threatened Harry that if he flaunted his freakiness and corrupted his daughter-in-law then there would be hell to pay. Harry, not one to take threats lightly, promised he would control himself and his family on the condition that Vernon was a little more tolerant of them because after all Draco and Harry had saved their lives.
"May I hold him?" Harry asked with an almost pleading look at the woman.
"I don't think…" Dudley's protest was cut off by Eloise's cheerful voice and grin.
"Of course you may. Just be careful of his head now…that's it careful." Harry took the baby from her carefully and elegantly. Cradling it with practised ease he went back to his seat by Draco who placed a hand on his knee and gave it a gently squeeze before taking one of the baby's small hands in his and softly whispering to he baby.
"What's his name?"
"Ricky. Ricky Andrew Dursley." Harry nodded before looking down at the baby. Ricky had bright blue eyes like his mother but a bald head. He wasn't the most beautiful baby Harry had ever seen after all his children inherited both Draco and his genes and the pair of them had been voted the most handsome wizards in the country. When their children had been born they were the most adorable in the country too and nothing could beat how beautiful they looked. Ricky had a chubby face but a small body and also seemed to have a tight grip on one of Draco's fingers. Draco shook the hand gently and the baby opened his mouth revealing a small tongue and lots of gums.
Kali on the floor let out a small sniff at being ignored in favour of the baby but then Wayne shuffled off of his grand mother's lap and over to her. Petunia tried to object but Wayne was already offering the girl his teddy bear. Kali gave the boy a searching look before taking the bear and cuddling him tight shoving a thumb in her mouth at the same time. Wayne grinned and clapped his hands in frond of him as he fell back onto his nappied behind.
Sebastian had stood up so he could see the baby and was gently stroking the baby's other hand whilst Alex climbed up onto the sofa next to Harry and was busy fiddling with Harry's lengthened black hair whilst looking at Ricky.
"Alex honey, it isn't polite to stand on furniture. Its bad manners. Stand on the floor and then you may see him."
"Okay Daddy." Alex said quietly at Draco's reprimand. Climbing back down Alex stood in front of Harry and Harry moved his arms forward so Alex could see the baby better. Alex screwed his nose up. "Why's he got no hair Papa?" Dudley and Vernon spluttered indignantly whilst Petunia pursed her lips. Eloise looked faintly amused though and smiled gently.
"Because he's only just been born Alex. He'll grow hair soon. When you were born you didn't have much hair but look how much you've got now!" Harry explained. Alex looked thoughtful as if trying to understand.
"But Papa," Sebastian cut in, "I remember when Kali was born and she had lots of hair!" Harry smiled before standing up and walking over to Eloise and handing her baby back. Ricky made a small sound that was distinctly like a whimper and his fingers caught hold of Harry's before Eloise pried the fingers off him. Harry sat back down and leaned back on the sofa. Sebastian walked over to Eloise to continue looking at the baby. Alex went too but he was still thinking.
"So some babies have lots of hair and some babies don't when they are born?"
"That's right."
"But they grow more hair later right?"
"Yes Alex." Harry smiled patiently and Draco leaned over to give Kali a different toy so she could give Wayne's teddy back to the two year old boy. Alex turned to look over at Harry and Draco with an expectant look.
"I like him. Can we have another baby?" Draco spluttered faintly at his son and Harry looked fairly gob smacked. Going red in the face Harry tried to smile weakly at Alex and succeeded a little bit.
"Why do you ask Alex?"
"Because then I can have another brother that I can help and play with and so can Kali and Seb. And I don't remember when Kali was a baby and I want to remember a baby brother!" Harry smiled again faintly as Draco continued to stare at his son.
"I don't know Alex. I'll think about it. Now, why don't you and Seb play with Kali and Wayne Hm?" Alex agreed but not very enthusiastically and they pulled out some of Wayne's muggle toys to play with. Sebastian and Alex weren't too impressed by the non-moving toys or the fact that they were toys for tiny children but they played anyway.
Draco and Dudley got into a rather heated but still quiet and calm-ish argument over business co-ordination which Vernon joined in with whilst Petunia excused herself so she could put her new grand child to bed after changing him. Eloise watched Harry as the raven haired man watched his children.
"So Harry, how's work for you? What is it you do again? With all the things I learn at play group I find I forget other things I'm afraid." Harry smiled gently at her. He'd always liked Eloise. She reminded him somewhat of Mrs Weasley. Her acceptance of any situation and her fondness for children along with her chirpiness was something that brought back very fond memories of the deceased woman.
"I help hunt down and keep track of wizard children in orphanages and in muggle or squib homes. Of course I haven't properly worked for eighteen months. Since Kalista was born I gave it all up."
"So you are a house husband now then?"
"Yeah, kind of. I will do what's asked of me but I love it at home with my family. At least when I'm at home, or out with them all, less people bother me about who I am. Draco doesn't mind me staying at home. The children can be a handful anyway."
"Tell me about it! Wayne still keeps me up all night. He doesn't seem to like the dark much and has to have his nightlight but even that isn't enough sometimes. It takes me ages to get him to sleep sometimes." Eloise sighed as she looked at the boy on the floor.
"Sebastian doesn't have a problem sleeping but sometimes Alex does. He gets nightmares and can't usually fall asleep unless Draco or I am there."
"How do you get him to sleep then? Sometimes mine or Dud's presence isn't enough for Wayne."
"Well, Alex seems to like us whispering lullabies or nursery rhymes into his ear. Stories are good too. They get a story before bed be it me reading them one or us all sitting down and watching a film. Kali's easy to put down. Just turn on the toys above her cot and she watches them till she falls asleep."
The rest of the trip was reasonably uneventful. At lunch time Vernon did them a barbeque and afterwards Eloise and Draco put Kali and Wayne down for their naps. Alex refused a nap but managed to fall asleep against his Papa anyway. Sebastian, after getting so bored that he nearly animated one of Wayne's toys, demanded to be given a story book. Harry happily drew it out of his bag and tried his best to ignore the fact that the pictures on the book moved around. Eloise was fascinated but let it go when she saw the almost panicked look Vernon and Dudley gave her.
"Oh for heavens sakes! You two are ridiculous. A bunch of wusses all of you. Magic is a wonderful thing and I imagine it's just like our technology. Wizards have magic and we have science now stop thinking those two are corrupting me or god help me Dudley you will be sleeping down here tonight!" Dudley had immediately turned away and Vernon gritted his teeth in annoyance. Eloise glared at them both whilst Harry tried to hide a smirk. Looking back at the wizards Eloise looked questioningly at them.
"What's so funny?" She demanded.
"I'm really sorry Eloise but I always find it funny when someone threatens their spouse with a night outside the bedroom. The only other person I know that does it is Hermione." Eloise looked shocked.
"You mean you never threaten Draco or the other way around?" Draco snorted and looked away whilst Harry looked amused still and trying to fight down another laugh.
"If I kicked Draco out of the bedroom he'd just go find a different bedroom to sleep in. Besides that, he'd manage to sweet talk his way back into our bed before the day was over. It never takes him long."
"You must give in far too easily." Eloise scolded. Harry just smiled.
"His arguments are usually good ones though. 'I haven't seen you for five days and now you deny me my bed just because I called Ron a weasel' or 'Fine, sleep in that huge cold bed all by yourself then.' Or even 'I'm going back to Hogwarts for the weekend then, see you in a week'."
"You just give in too easily. Make him suffer if he annoys you." Eloise told Harry firmly. Draco chose that moment to step in and he gave Eloise a dangerous look.
"Don't give him ideas. Besides, just because he doesn't kick me out of the room doesn't mean he doesn't threaten me."
"Oh really?"
"Yes really. A week ago we fell out because of a fight I had with Mr Weasley and Harry threatened to turn my hair neon pink and turn all my robes into dresses." Harry gave a slight laugh at the shocked look on Eloise's face.
"Besides that, I happen to like having Draco sleeping next to me. I only get three nights of it in a week and it's often nice to be held." Eloise gave him a jealous look but there was s slight sadness in her eyes. Flicking her eyes over to Dudley to make sure he got the message she spoke in gently and longing tones.
"I know. I love to be held. It just makes you feel safe and loved, doesn't it Harry?" Eloise questioned. Harry nodded before turned to look at Draco. Draco smirked down at him before pulling Harry tightly against him and wrapping his arms around the slender man tightly. Eloise smiled fondly at the pair. Draco was still smirking and Harry was smiling softly whilst stroking Draco's hand. Eloise flicked her gaze to Dudley. The large young man smiled ruefully and rose out of his chair. Gesturing for Eloise to move down slightly Dudley sat next to her and then pulled her into his lap cuddling her gently.
Draco and Harry spent two more hours with the Dursleys' before deciding to leave. Once inside the limo Harry changed the scene to an outdoors field and let Kali, Alex and Seb run around. Draco ended up chasing Seb and Alex and shooting water from his wand at the pair whilst Kali and Harry played with Kali's ball.