"My Lord?" Lucius asked concerned.

"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Tom, Lucius?" the man said with a sad look in his ruby red eyes.

"Tom? You remember then?" Lucius asked carefully before his eyes turned hard. "You went after them that night, Tom! You killed James! You tried to kill Dante!"

Tom's eyes flashed, "I did not kill James." He said gently, he understood what Lucius must be thinking. "And I did not try to kill Dante…as if I ever would! I stunned James…killed the mudblood and had Dante in my arms when Dumbledore came through. He modified my memories and killed me…I don't know where Dante and James went…"

"Dante went to live with Lily's sister and her wale of a husband…I don't know what Dumbledore did to James." Lucius said with a wince, he didn't know if his husband was dead or alive.

Tom sighed and shook his head, "We can worry about James after we claim Dante and explain everything to him. Then we can find James…"

"What will I tell Draco?" Lucius asked no one in particular.

Red eyes bored into grey ones, "The truth, Lucius."


Harry James Potter was laying on his bed his mind whirling a mile a minute, his back bloodied and sore from the abuse Vernon Dursley had decided to inflict on him. He had been having flashes of what had happened that night in Godric's Hallow.

He remembered happily playing with his father on the couch before he was handed off to some strange woman. This woman was not his mother, which led him to the conclusion that while James Potter was his father, Lily Evens was not his mother.

He remembered a man coming into the home and holding him tightly as the woman pleaded not for him, but for herself. Harry snorted, so much for a mother's love protecting him from the killing curse. He remembered feeling warm and protected in the arms of the man who had saved him from the woman.

He had fallen asleep somewhere in there before his dreams began with being with Hagrid on his way to his 'relatives'. Where they actually his relatives if he was never actually related to Lily Evens?

He needed answers and he wasn't going to get any here, as the Order guarded him. As he got off of his bed a barn owl flew into his window with a letter that held the Gringotts seal.

Harry raised an eyebrow but opened the letter, none-the-less.

Dear Mr. Potter,

It has come to our attention that there have been some discrepancies in your knowledge of your parentage and therefore your inheritance. We wish to rectify this matter as there are multiple contracts in your name and a few issues in where the money in your vaults are going.

This parchment is a portkey to the bank so, when you are finished reading please do not let go of the parchment and say the words, turpitudinem consilia mala*

Sincerely,

Ragnok

Head of Gringotts Bank

Head of the vaults of Potter and Malfoy

Harry's eyebrows skyrocketed to his hairline, head of the Potter and Malfoy vaults? What the bloody hell was going on? He needed answers and it appeared as if the goblins had them. "Turpitudinem consilia mala." He said calmly as he felt his belly button be pulled from his body.

He felt nauseous as he landed from the portkey but quickly pulled himself back together. "Ah, Mr. Potter. We've been waiting for you." The goblin in front of him said with a creepy smile.

"I'm sorry…but we?" Harry asked carefully, his eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Yes, Harry, we." A familiar voice said from behind him.

Harry's eyes narrowed even further and his wand was in his hand in an instant, "Mr. Malfoy." He said sharply. "Draco."

Said man sighed and shook his head slightly, putting his hand on Draco's shoulder to restrain the boy. "Really I thought you two would fight growing up but not to this extent."

Now both boys looked at the man in confusion, "What do you mean father?"

Harry saw a brief flash of hurt in the man's eyes before it disappeared behind a mask. "I mean that neither of you are who you think you are."

Suddenly Harry's mind flashed to the image of Lily Potter and how he never thought of her as his mother. "Explain."

"I think it's better if you both go through the parentage ritual. I will tell you both the entire story afterward, but you need irrefutable proof that what I am saying is the truth." Lucius said firmly, with hard silver eyes.

Harry nodded in agreement, it would answer some of his questions anyway. "How do we do this ritual?" he asked.

"Ragnok will explain how to perform the ritual and what the different colors and lines mean." Lucius said with a sigh, "Please don't fight me on this, Draco. Not today." The blonde boy looked at his father worriedly but nodded anyway.

The goblin finally spoke up, "Both of you will cut your palms on your own designated pieces of parchment. Blue will mark the person as a bearer, red as not a bearer. A golden line means marriage while a green line between wizards and witches mean siblings. Understand?" Ragnok asked with wild eyes.

"What is a bearer?" Harry asked carefully.

Lucius made a motion to keep Rognok from answering, "A bearer is a witch or wizard who is able to conceive and give birth to children. Some witches and wizards have two fathers, two mothers, or a mother and father."

"Wizards can get pregnant?" Harry asked skeptically.

Draco snorted, Lucius shot his son a look. "Yes, Harry. It is carried through bloodlines, and a wizard who is a bearer is usually very powerful and precious. They are not to be harmed, they are to be cherished and protected." When Lucius saw that Harry was about to protest he hurried to finish, "That does not mean, however, that they are incapable of taking care of themselves. It also is not wrong for someone to want to be taken care of."

Harry nodded, seemingly lost in thought. In all honesty, Harry would have preferred to be a bearer…he always wanted a family and he would be able to have his own…he wouldn't have to fight anymore, he'd be protected by his partner in life…

Draco and Harry cut their palms and were quickly healed by Lucius. As names began to appear on the parchment Harry felt the blood leave his face. "What?" he asked breathlessly. He grabbed his parchment and read it for the fifth time.

James Charlus Potter-Malfoy-Lucius Abraxius Malfoy

Draco Lucius Potter-Malfoy_Dante James Potter-Malfoy (AKA Harry)

The line between James and Lucius was gold meaning they were married while the line that connected himself to Draco was green meaning they were siblings. Lucius' name was in blue, as was his own while James and Draco's names were red. He found himself collapsing in the chair next to his…brother?

Lucius was sitting forward in his chair, "Now that the two of you have irrefutable proof I will attempt to answer any questions you have."

"How?" Harry was quick to ask he could feel tears building. He needed to know. If he had a family he needed to know why they hadn't come for him. Why had they abandoned him? Did they not love him?

Lucius could tell that his youngest was still fragile, no matter how old or powerful. He quickly moved to sit beside the boys. He took Harry's hand in his own, sensing he needed it more. Draco as well seemed to sense it so he let his father comfort the boy.

"What you both need to know is that your father and I loved you both so much. When I had found out I was pregnant I was ecstatic…but then I found out that James had been out with that mudblood, Lily Evens." Harry glared at the man for the term. Lucius sighed, "I'm sorry Harry but I am still a Dark Wizard but we will get to that. I confronted James and he admitted that his father wanted him to marry the woman in order to have an heir, his father was also not happy with the fact that I followed the Dark Lord."

Draco found his voice here, "Did James follow him as well?" Harry had to admit that it was a good question, did his dad follow Voldemort?

"The man you know as the Dark Lord is not who he used to be or who he is now. So yes, James followed him as well. But again, I will get back to that. When he found out that I was pregnant and that I had canceled my betrothal contract with Narcissa Black we became engaged and married quickly after." Lucius gave a small sad smile at the boy who's hand he was holding.

"The Dark Lord, or Tom as he had your father and I call him, was our friend and we were his most loyal supporters. You see, he does not want the Dark Magics to be forgotten. If the Light wins this war, the magic that runs in all of the Malfoy's veins will be lost…he also does not want magical children to stay with muggles."

Draco's eyebrows were furrowed, "Why not?"

"Because they fear what they do not understand." Lucius said softly, "Tom lived in a muggle orphanage growing up and the muggles there beat him and tried to have a muggle priest exercise him."

Harry froze at that, Dumbledore had never told him that. He and Voldemort shared more than he ever thought they would. Lucius caught his son's frozen expression and became worried.

"Da-Harry? Are you alright?" he asked carefully.

The boy nodded avoiding Lucius' eyes, "Can you please continue?"

"Of course," Lucius said with a nod but he continued to watch his son in concern. "Anyway, when the time came for the two of you to be born James and had created a contract with Tom. It can be broken at any time as I didn't want either one of you to be trapped in something you did not want."

Draco stilled, "What kind of contract, father?"

"Before you were born James and I had decided that he'd be Daddy or Dad and I'd be Mum…" Lucius said wistfully, trying not to steer the conversation.

Harry smiled slightly at the words, "I-if I can accept the rest of this conversation…and I can have some of my own questions answered I don't think I'd have an issue with calling you Mum…I've always wanted a Mum…"

Lucius could feel his eyes water and he wrapped his arms around the teen, "When you two were born Draco is eldest. He was crying and very healthy…when you were born," he started holding Harry tightly. "When you were born…you didn't cry, you weren't breathing…" The tears fell from the blonde aristocrats face. "I was so scared…but Madame Pomphrey was able to stabilize you…and you were always smaller than Draco…"

Harry felt himself tear up, Draco as well didn't look so good. "What about the contract?" Harry found himself asking.

Lucius sighed and squeezed Harry one more time, afraid the teen would never speak to him again. "It was a marriage contract between whichever twin would be a bearer and Tom. If neither of you had been a bearer there would have been no contract. James and I wanted the two of you growing up with the idea of the marriage contract, not just springing it on you when you got older. Harry, as a bearer you are delicate and fragile…that doesn't mean you aren't able of taking care of yourself…" he said when he saw his son about to interrupt. "But he would ward off all of the unwanted attention you would have had growing up in the pureblood circle as a bearer."

Harry gave a slow nod, he could understand why. And at least it wasn't unbreakable. They could break it if they wanted to…"I-I can still break the contract, right?"

"Before we do anything, I'd like to finish the story," Lucius said with a sad smile. "It will show you how much Tom gave up to try to protect you."

Harry gave a small nod with narrowed eyes, the man had killed his father and tried to kill him! How is that protecting him?!

"You both were ten months old when it actually began. Dante, you and James were taken from the park that was around the corner from the manor." Lucius swallowed as he remembered what had happened. "Draco wouldn't stop crying, it was like he could sense that his twin and father were gone. So I went to Tom. A few weeks later he was on the front page of the Daily Profit saying he had been in a secret marriage with Lily Evens and that they had a son who was eight months old. You were so tiny you could have been five months old." Lucius could feel the tears falling down his face but he couldn't be bothered to care.

Harry-no Dante swallowed. He had been kidnapped from his mother…from his brother…from his protector…"Wh-what happened at Godric's Hallow?"

"Tom pulled Peter Pettigrew from his ranks and told the man that he needed to know the Potter's whereabouts. He explained that James was imperioed. Two months later Wormtail came back claiming he was the secret keeper because Black had become too cocky." Lucius glanced at his boys. "Are you sure you want to know?"

Dante nodded as did Draco, "But…" Dante began, "I need to know if Sirius was involved…"

"Involved in your kidnapping?" Lucius asked gently but with hard eyes. Dante nodded. "No, he was not involved. He truly believed everything that Dumbledore had told him. That James and Lily had been in hiding and that they had a baby while they were in hiding."

"So no one knew you were married?" Draco asked incredulously, his eyebrows raised.

Lucius sighed, "Only those on the Dark side knew about our bonding. We thought that when Tom had been able to get into the Ministry we'd be safer in announcing our bonding."

Dante and Draco nodded in acknowledgment; Dante licked his lips. He still needed to know what happened that night. "And then what happened?"

"Pettigrew gave Tom the location and he went to go and save you and James." Lucius sighed, "He has shown me the memory so that I can explain it to you better. It was Samhain or muggle Halloween when he went. He entered through the front door where your father left his wand on the sofa." Lucius shook his head, "The moron didn't even have his wand on him!"

Dante and Draco each held one of their 'mother's' hands in comfort. "Tom stunned him, he knew he could break the imperious curse when he got him back to the Manor so he continued up the stairs as Lily had you." He said pointedly at Dante. "She claimed it wasn't her idea, but it was Dumbledore was only the one to go through with it but it was her idea. She had wanted to marry James and I ruined that for her…so she got her revenge in stealing my husband and son. She begged Tom to spare her as she held you hostage in front of her. Tom finally killed her and had you in his arms."

"I remember that…" Dante said in slight awe. "I remember Dad handing me to Lily but I couldn't understand why…she wasn't my Mum…she didn't have blonde hair…when…Tom…saved me I remember feeling safe. I fell asleep after that. The next thing I remember is waking up as Hagrid flew me to the Dursley's…"

Lucius raised an eyebrow at the mention of the name 'Dursley'. "We will talk about where you were staying in a minute. After Tom had you he was heading back down to get James when Dumbledore came. He modified Tom's memories before sending the killing curse at him…"

"What happened to Dad?" Dante asked carefully, trying to be careful of his mother's feelings.

Lucius felt himself swallow again, "We don't know." He admitted with a hoarse voice. "I don't even know where you went. That's why I came to the goblins."

"How did you remember me?" Dante asked in a whisper almost afraid of the answer.

"Dumbledore had messed with my memories as well, forcing me to marry Narcissa. I don't know how I remember you, all I know is I had a nightmare and it was the memory of finding out that you and James were missing. I ran to the family tree that the Malfoy's have and I saw your name…it must have had a compulsion on it so that I wouldn't look at it…when I saw your name I knew it wasn't a nightmare…and then I found the contract with your name on it in a hidden compartment in my drawer and I knew you had been real." Lucius said pulling Draco and Dante to his chest.

Dante found himself melting into his mother's embrace. He felt the tears that had been threatening to fall falling from his eyes. And soon he was sobbing. He had a family that loved him, he had a mother who had done whatever it took to get him back. He had a father somewhere who had protected him even through an imperious…he had a twin who he could feel the bond thriving with…and he never had to go back to the Dursley's again!

Draco allowed his mother to pull away from him so that he could comfort his now sobbing younger brother. Draco could feel something inside of him coming alive again, it must be the twin bond that he's heard about from his friends. Maybe it was why he always had to fight with Harry Potter…because he was lacking something from the other boy.

Lucius, on the other hand, was rocking his son trying to calm the sobbing boy, "It's alright, Harry…it's alright…"

It took a few minutes until Dante calmed down enough to just sniffle into his mother's chest. "Please call me Dante…there never was a Harry Potter…and I don't want to be Harry Potter anymore…I want to be Dante, I want you to be my Mum and I want Draco to be my brother!"

"Al-alright H-Dante..." Lucius said swallowing around a lump in his throat. He had his baby back. "I want you to be my baby boy too…but why were you crying? What happened?"

"I-I just don't want to have to go back to the Dursley's."

Lucius' eyes narrowed, "Who are the Dursley's?"

"Petunia Dursley is Lily Evens' sister…"

Lucius' eyes narrowed even more as he tightened his hold on his son. "Dante…why don't you want to go back there?"

Dante froze in his mother's hold, his face was still buried in his father's chest when he responded.

"I didn't catch that, you were mumbling."

Dante took a minute before he turned his head and whispered into his mother's ear, "I didn't want you to think I was weak…"

It took a moment for Lucius to realize what that meant. When he did the tear flowed again, "Oh baby! No! I'd never think you were weak! You can't use magic on muggles as much as I wish we could." He kissed the boy's forehead lovingly. "You will never have to see those muggles ever again, you are coming home with me and Draco where you should have been all along."

Dante nodded, his face still hidden in the crook of his father's neck, "What about the contract?"

Lucius sighed and ran his fingers through his son's hair. "I think it will keep you safe from the purebloods that will want to use you for your bearer status…all I ask of you is to get to know Tom. Give it a month…if you don't like him or don't feel anything for him at all I will break the contract."

Dante nodded again, this time his eyes closing in exhaustion. "F-Mum?" Draco said carefully.

"Yes, Draco?" Lucius asked gently trying to allow Dante to sleep.

"He's really pale, Mum…and I think he's bleeding…" Draco said gently.

Lucius jumped up and lifted his sleeping son's shirt and gasped in horror at what he saw. There were crisscross marks as if from a belt on his back, and it was bleeding profusely. "Ragnok, we need the use of your floo immediately! Contact St. Mungo's and send Madame Pomphrey to Malfoy Manor as soon as possible!"

The goblin nodded, his expression hard and firm as Lucius lifted Dante bridle style in his arms with Draco following after him.


Tom was waiting for them when they came through the floo. When he saw how pale Dante was in his father's arms he felt alarm. "Lucius? What happened? Is Dante alright?" he followed them into the room that would have been Dante's if he had never been kidnapped.

Lucius laid his son down and took off his shirt and pants, nearly sobbing as he did so. Tom helped him and gasped at what he saw. "Lucius?" he asked carefully, "What happened to Dante?"

"Those muggles he lived with did this! Those Dursley's! Isn't it bad enough that Lily stole my child and husband! But no! Her sister and her husband nearly beat my child to death!" Lucius exclaimed as he ran his hands through Dante's hair as he waited for Madame Pomphrey.

Tom's ruby red eyes held a fire at that information. He left the room and found Draco badly shaken in the den waiting for Madame Pomphrey. "Draco?" he asked gently.

The boy jumped and spun to face the Dark Lord, "Y-yes My Lord?"

Tom sighed, "I'm your godfather, Draco. You can call me Tom or Uncle Tom, understood?"

"What if you bond to Dante? Then you'll be my brother-in-law…" Draco said, it was clear he was in shock at everything that had happened.

Tom smirked, "Best to stick with Tom then…I need you to tell me what you know about Dante's life with the muggles."

Draco narrowed his eyes as he thought carefully, "I think I remember the street name…he was talking about it with Weasley and Granger…I think it's Privet Drive in Surry but I don't remember the number…"

"It's alright Draco, I think knowing the street is enough. Thank you." Tom said putting his hand on the young man's head. "He will be ok."

Draco swallowed and looked away, "Are you sure? I've been horrible to him at Hogwarts…but he's my twin…I don't want him to hate me…"

"If there's one thing I remember about our encounters…it's that Dante is a very forgiving person. If he can forgive me enough to come here with your mother…than he's already forgiven you, Draco. Neither of you knew you were siblings." Tom said gently, before Draco could say anything else Madame Pomphrey came through the floo.

She nodded her head at Tom and Draco, "What's happened?"

Tom narrowed his eyes, "Do you remember Dante?"

The matron frowned, "Yes…I also know he is Harry…I gained my memories back about a day ago. I was about to get in touch with Lord Malfoy…"

Tom nodded in understanding, Poppy had also had her memories messed with. "Then you know where Dante lived?"

Poppy paled, "Where is he?!"

"So you knew? You knew and did nothing?!" Tom was enraged.

Poppy sighed, "Albus wouldn't let me do anything. Every time I threatened to go to the Aurors he threatened to send him back during the Christmas holidays or that he'd expel him causing him to live with them 24/7."

Tom's temper ebbed away when it became obvious that the woman had tried to protect Dante, even when he was Harry Potter. "He's in his room. First door on your right."

The woman gave a sharp nod before hurrying along her way. Tom turned to Draco, "Tell your Mother I went muggle hunting."

"I want to go with you." The blonde Malfoy heir said firmly.

Tom raised an eyebrow, and appraised the fifteen-year old-soon to be sixteen. "Why?"

"They hurt my brother…I need to see where he lived…I need to know!" Draco exclaimed, "I was supposed to protect him! I'm the older brother!"

Tom sighed, "Draco, you were only ten months old…there was absolutely nothing you could have done."

Draco pierced Tom with his hard silver eyes, "He could have taken me. I could have been the one who was with those filthy muggles…Dante's so fragile…"

Tom looked the teen up and down before nodding his approval. "Your mother is going to kill me…" he sighed as he made his way to the apperation point with the blonde teen in tow.

Draco smirked, "Than we'd better hurry up…what he doesn't know won't hurt him."

Tom smirked and he took hold of the teen and apperated away.


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