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Italics: thinking/ Flashbacks

Bold: Letters and notes.

-/-: time lapse/scene change.

* Italics *: Speaking in Parseltongue

Chapter Five- The Fight.

When Harry woke up the next morning he gasped at seeing a familiar figure sitting by his bedside. Hearing his gasp, Petunia looked up from the book she had been reading and smiled. Smiling back, he looked around the room to see if there was anyone else in the room. Seeing no one he looked back at Petunia and sighed.

"What's wrong Harry dear? Why the long sigh?" Harry's eyes met hers and he knew he couldn't keep this from her.

"It's my mates." He said simply.

"What about them Harry? Did they do something to you" Petunia swore to herself that if Harry's mated ever did something to him, they would pay.

"No! I mean yes, well….."

"Harry dear, please tell me" Petunia reach over and placed her hand on Harry's. Sighing again, Harry gathered his thoughts and told his Aunt exactly what had happened the previous night.

-1 Hour later-

Lucius and Severus had just finished breakfast, when a very pissed off Draco stormed into the dining room. Seeing that his father was still seated and his Lord was nowhere in sight, he let all of his anger out.

"How dare you! How dare you sit there like you have done nothing wrong! Do you have any idea what you did to Harry last night? How I had to calm him down and put him to bed, because he came back from your dinner crying and heartbroken, because you up and left him stranded in the middle of nowhere for god knows what reason. YOU, Father, have a lot of explaining to do!" Draco was out of breath by the time he had finished his little rant. Lucius sat shocked at his son's outburst, not quite understanding what he had done wrong.

"What are you yelling about Draco?" Stilling, Draco turned and face his Lord who had just arrived for the usual meeting he held with Lucius and Severus. "What do you mean Harry came here crying?"

"May I speak freely My Lord?" Seeing Voldemort's nod, Draco didn't hold back.

"Harry came home crying last night, because after he told you three about his childhood, you walked off, leaving him behind! You left him there by himself. He told you something personal and when he looked at you all he saw was anger, and then you left! Harry came home crying because he thinks you hate him. You are not even bonded yet and Harry already wants to leave! He says he isn't fit to be your submissive. You should have seen him last night, completely gone, crying so hard he passed out. He was distraught, and you three made him like that! What kind of mates are you!" Not even waiting for a reply, Draco turned and walked past his Lord and out the door, not caring about being punished for it, he had to go see Harry. All three men looked at each other, remembering last night. They did leave in a hurry after Harry had told them about his childhood. But they were only going to make his uncle and cousin suffer. But did they tell him that?

"What have we done?" Lucius was the first to speak, regret written clear across his face. He had promised himself and Harry that he wouldn't hurt him, and he did without thinking about it.

"Your son is right Lucius. We haven't even truly bonded to Harry and already he thinks we are rejecting him." Although unlike himself, Voldemort walked to the table and sat down, putting his head in his hands.

"We must apologize" The men nodded, all three getting up and heading straight for Harry's room. They would get their submissive back, they had to.

-Harry's Room-

Petunia had just gone to fetch Harry some breakfast, when Draco came marching into Harry's room, declaring himself a dead man.

"Why would you be dead?" Harry asked, confused.

"Because I just yelled at the Dark Lord Harry. The Dark Lord!" Draco collapsed onto the bed, his face on Harry's stomach.

"Why would you do that Draco?"

"For you of course. They cannot treat you like this Harry. How dare they go off and leave you alone." Placing a hand on Draco's head, Harry smiled down at him. Draco looked up at him again before continuing, "Please don't forgive them Harry. They don't deserve it, you're their submissive, they should know better than this" Harry gave a sad sigh and Draco looked guilty for bringing it up. Draco moved up on the bed and into Harry's open arms. It was a common occurrence to see the two boys like this. They took pleasure in each other's company, both liking the contact that they were able to share. Draco looked up at Harry and smiled softly. Seeing this, Harry returned the smile. "Harry. Can you tell me about the night Father and the others came to see you for the first time? You never finished telling me before." Harry thought it over before nodding.

"Of course I can Dray, you of all people should know. The last time we talked I was up to the part where Severus had asked me to bond wasn't I?" Seeing Draco nod, he went on to replay the rest of the story to his friend.

-1 week ago-

"Harry, do you wish to bond with us?" Severus asked softly, as Harry's eyes met his own. Harry swallowed, did he truly want this? Could he bound himself to these men? He looked around the table, meeting each of their eyes, knowing his answer.

"No." The whole room became still at Harry's answer. Looking up Harry saw the sadden looks on the three men's faces. Harry knew that without an explanation the men would think he didn't want them. "I don't mean as in never. I mean no, as in, not now. It's too soon, I don't even know you. You all have hated me since I was born, we just can't bond straight away because a piece of parchment says we need to. I can't bond myself to three men I have hated pretty much my whole life." Taking a breath, Harry could see that the men were waiting for him to continue. "Do you think you could ever come to love me? I need to know before I decide to bond to you, if I do that is. I am not bonding without love, I don't know why, but I need to be loved, I need to know that I'm loved. I need something." Harry, who had been on the verge of crying, put his head between his arms and let the tears fall. The men looked around the table at each other and sighed.

"You are our submissive Harry. We may not love you yet, but we do feel something for you. Be it our dominant sides telling us to care for you, or our feelings for you already. But we do, we all care about you one way or another." Voldemort was the first to speak up this time, placing his hand on the back of Harry's head.

"Harry can I propose something to you?" Asked Lucius, putting his hand on Harry's folded arms. Harry raising his head a little looked at the man. "Why don't you move into Malfoy Manor with us? Just until you're ready to make a final decision on our bonding." Harry was shocked at Lucius question and started to think it over. If they all lived together, Harry could see what their true intentions and feeling were for him. He slowly nodded and watched as all three men's faces lit up in smiles, which made Harry's stomach jump. The group spent the next two hours working out all the details from Harry's move. In three days, Harry would move into Malfoy Manor and would stay there for three months on a trial period. If, after three months, Harry did not feel they were a good match or could not bond to them due to personal reason, they would take the required actions to annul the bond. However if Harry, after the three months, wanted to bond with the men, then he would permanently move into the Malfoy manor where all three men would live after the bonding. After two hours of negotiations, the men had to say goodbye to their submissive, but not before each men had stolen their first kiss from Harry. Harry was still blushing as he watched the men apparat away before sitting down with his Aunt to tell her the good news.

-Back with Harry and Draco-

Draco had listened intently to Harry's story, smiling at the look Harry had when he talked about his first kiss with the men. During the story Draco had sat up and off of Harry to look at him better. Harry had reached next to him and grabbed one of his pillows curling up to it. The sound of the door opening, made both boys look up at the men entering. Harry instantly cuddled the pillow closer to himself, and Draco slightly leaned in front of him. Severus was the last to enter, closing the door before walking over to stand at the end of Harry's bed next to the other two. All three men looked at the scene on the bed with guilt. They should be the ones protecting their submissive not Draco, they all thought angrily.

"Harry we wish to speak with you" Severus spoke first, walking around to sit on the edge of the bed. Watching Severus, Draco moved in front of Harry, shielding him.

"Draco I think you should leave the room." Ordered Lucius. Draco glared at his father. There was no way he was going to leave his friend now.

"N-No…I mean, I want Draco to stay…Please?" Harry asked timidly. He could feel the anger seething from the three men. He didn't want to be the cause of their anger. Gripping onto Draco shirt he pushed his head into his back to hide from the men. Although Harry couldn't see, Voldemort nodded to Draco allowing him to stay, if only to keep Harry feeling happy and safe.

"Harry we would like to talk about last night." Voldemort said, seeing Harry lift his head an inch so that his eyes were visible over Draco's shoulder. "We would like to hear your side of the story first, so we know how you felt, if you don't mind?" He continued, watching as Harry pushed himself up more so that the men could see his whole face. The men were shocked to see the look of pure rage on Harry's face.

"My side? MY SIDE! What do you care about my side? I'll tell you my side. I told you three something personal, and what do you do in return? You piss off. You walked away and left me there. I didn't know where I was or how to get home. I had to use all of my power to apparat here, where I was comforted by Draco, YOUR SON!" He yelled pointing at Lucius, who looked guilty. "I came here, so you all could prove to me that you at least care for me in some way. Last night showed me nothing, nothing at all! After last night, I don't even believe that you want me here, why would you? All I am is an abused and neglected orphan who has nothing to offer you! Even now, Draco is the one here for me. Where were you this morning? Where were you when I needed you? WHERE WERE YOU?" By the end of his speech, Harry was crying, tears streaming down his face with no end in sight. He pushed his face into Draco's back and cried. Harry's sobs rang deep inside two of the men. They had caused this. They had caused their little submissive to cry. Severus however, was angry. How dare his submissive yell at him, without any information behind what they did. Letting his anger control him, he shouted his response back.

"YOU STUPID, STUPID BOY! HOW DARE YOU YELL AT US! WE ARE YOUR DOMINANTS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE DID FOR YOU LAST NIGHT. AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY US? YELLING ABOUT THINGS YOU HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT. I KNEW YOU WERE JUST A SPOILED BRAT, JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER. SOMETHING DOESN'T GO YOUR WAY AND ALL YOU DO IS SULK AND CRY ABOUT IT. GROW UP HARRY." Severus took a deep breath, and looked around the room at the other men for support, he was met though with looks of disgust. Not just from the two men, but also from the Draco who now held a loudly sobbing Harry.

"G-Get out…I d-don't want to see y-you right now." Sobbed Harry. Severus turned to Harry but stood his ground.

"No. You need to learn your place! You are our submissive and we will not tolerate disobedience." Harry looked up from Draco's chest and wiped his face.

"You think yelling at me is going to make me learn my place! If this is what being your submissive is, then maybe I don't want to be your submissive! I get more love from freaking Draco then I do from you, and he's supposed to be my mate's SON!" Harry had moved closer during his response so he was yelling in Severus face. Severus pulled back and snarled, he didn't respond however. Instead, he turned and walked straight out the door. Draco arms had wound their way around Harry's waist, and he pulled him back into his chest for comfort.

"Have you got anything to say for yourselves?" Draco asked, looking at Lucius and Voldemort, not caring that he was speaking out of turn to his Lord. Both men looked at Draco and then at Harry.

"We're sorry Harry." Voldemort spoke first, coming round to sit where Severus had once been. Harry didn't move however as the man placed a hand on his leg. "We did not mean to leave you last night. The reason we left was to protect you. Harry last night we went to your Aunt and Uncle's house." Harry leaned back into Draco's chest as Voldemort started to recall exactly what had happened last night.

Hey guys! So wow been a bit since I update. Well you see I already had this chapter written and ready to post, but I decided to change it because certain plot holes were pointed out to me. So I hope you guys like this chapter, because I changed this one especially, I don't know when the next chapter will be posted because it will be different then how originally planned to write it to write it. So since I haven't updated this fic, I made sure to write an extra-long one. Again I hope you like it! Read, Follow, Favourite and Review.

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