It had been four weeks since Hadrian had met Severus for the first time and the man had spent each weekend with him, Hadrian could tell that Severus wanted to ask him about the Dursleys but that he knew that Hadrian needed more time, Hadrian had never been more grateful he knew that eventually his reprieve would run out but for now he was quite happy to enjoy his time just getting to know his Godfather. Today though he was a tad nervous and it had nothing to do with the fact that he was competing in a riding competition and everything to do with the fact that he was meeting the Malfoy's. Hadrian was currently getting himself dressed for the competition and was stood in front of his mirror in plain white boxer briefs, he pulled out his starched white competition shirt, it had short sleeves and was fitted to his body when the buttons were done up. He then tied a white silk tie over it, making sure it was a perfect Windsor knot, just as he was about to pull on his white jodhpurs there was a firm knock on his door that he immediately recognised as Severus' "Come in." he called as he pulled the skin tight trousers over his hips and buttoned the fly. As he looked up he saw Severus stride into the room and close the door firmly behind him. Severus was dressed in a tweed suit, a white shirt, red tie and brown brogues and his hair was tied back in a neat ponytail.
Severus smiled as he looked at Hadrian, the boy looked nervous and Severus doubted it was about the competition "I left the Malfoys at the entrance they have gone for a look around before the competition, how are you feeling?" Severus asked as he sat on the sofa.
Hadrian sighed as he pulled on silk white socks "I'm nervous, about the Malfoys more than anything." He said as he pulled on his long black riding boots that had been freshly polished last night. He then strode to his dressing table and picked up his black tie pin and pinned his tie ensuring it stayed in the correct position, he was concentrating so much on this task that he did not realise that Severus was behind him until he felt hands firmly on his shoulders. Hadrian looked up into sparkling black eyes.
"You will be fine, everything will be fine Narcissa and Lucius are of course eager to meet you and are angry with Dumbledore, and you must remember that the obliviates have been removed, just concentrate on the competition you will not meet them until after you have ridden, are you almost ready?"
Hadrian nodded taking a deep breath "Yeah I just need my jacket, helmet and gloves, I tacked Celsus up this morning and prepared him and my whip is down there already." Hadrian said as he pulled on his stark black riding jacket and did up his silver buttons, each button had his initials engraved. Severus passed him his hat and Hadrian picked up his white riding gloves before placing them in his jacket pocket.
Severus turned Hadrian around so he was facing him "I know you'll do great, you're parents would be so proud of you Hadrian," Hadrian hugged the man hard, and then they set off, Hadrian towards the stables and Severus to find the Malfoys.
Hadrian smiled as he saw Celsus, the horse looked beautiful his coat shining in the sunlight, his competition tack all shining brightly "Hey boy," Hadrian said softly his voice quiet "We have to win today, Severus is here for the first time and so are the Malfoys." Hadrian put his helmet on half an hour later as the person before him trotted into the arena, he nodded to Blaise who had just competed before his slipped on his gloves and picked up his whip before swiftly mounting Celsus and heading towards the warm up arena, he had about half an hour before he was due to jump. Half an hour later Hadrian trotted into the arena and started the jumping course, it was quite a high level of difficulty and Hadrian loved it, pushing Celsus towards the jump, the feel of Celsus' muscles beneath his body rippling as he steered him round the course, halfway through the course he saw Severus in the front row sat with two people with striking blonde hair but he quickly focused his attention on finishing the course, as they jumped over the last jump Hadrian sighed, it was over and soon the adrenalin rush would fade and he would meet the Malfoys.
Severus sat with the Malfoys watching as Hadrian seemed to effortlessly make his way around the course, he had of course seen Hadrian ride before but until today he had never really understood how talented Hadrian was compared to the rest of his age group, they had seen children tumble to the ground or loose control of their horses. The only child that had neared Hadrian's talent was Blaise and even he didn't seem to be at the same level.
Hadrian sat with Blaise on the stable doors as they waited for the results; Blaise's mum hadn't been able to come. "So are you nervous about meeting them?" Blaise questioned as he stroked his horse Storm.
"Kind of." Hadrian replied as he hung off the door from his knees, his jacket had been abandoned to hang off the door and his hat was on the floor somewhere in the corner "I didn't have time to get nervous about meeting Sev, I forgot that the bank was even telling him." Hadrian swung himself back up and stood on the door, his head almost touching the top of the frame as he balanced precariously. "Have you seen where the others are?" Hadrian asked his eyes scanning the stables for his friends.
"Silas and Josh fell of so they are in medical and Fritz and Samuel are with their parents." Blaise said as he slid off the stable door where he had been sitting and turned to look Hadrian in the eye. "Severus would kill you if he saw you standing like that." Blaise said quietly.
"It would be a close call Mr Zabini." Hadrian gulped as he heard the low rumble of his Godfathers silky voice. He jumped down quickly landing in a crouch and swiftly straightening to meet his Godfather's eyes, behind Severus stood Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. Lucius was dressed in a dove grey three-piece suit with a white shirt and pale blue tie, while Narcissa was dressed in a tea length pale blue dress with a white cardigan.
Severus stared down at his Godson whose face was lit up mischievously, from spending time with the child he knew that the boy was very rarely still and when he was it was in the most peculiar positions, but when he had walked round the corner and had seen Hadrian stood on the stable door his heart had ended up in his mouth. He crouched down to Hadrian's level and sighed "At least try to be careful Hadrian." He said softly, he knew that the child was nervous and this was likely to exacerbate how Hadrian normally acted. He stood back up to his full height and walked around so that he was behind the boy, he then placed his hands atop the boy's shoulders and steered him towards Lucius and Narcissa.
Lucius stood next to his wife, just observing his long time friend and his Godson, both he and Narcissa had been furious when they had found out the extent of Dumbledore's manipulations, and both of them had wanted to rush and see Hadrian immediately. However Severus had calmed them and had explained that Hadrian's boarding school only allowed visitors at the weekend. There had been long discussions away from Narcissa about how the Dursleys had treated Hadrian, both Severus and Lucius knew that Narcissa would be distraught if she even saw the goblins examination. Lucius looked at his Godson, the boy had a light skin tone with midnight black almost blue hair, his hair had been cut recently according to Severus and no was about two incher long on the top and about an inch on the sides, it was parted on the right so the boys fringe sat to the left. As Lucius looked at the boy he could see that the boy had been given lessons in politics, a blank mask in place as their eyes met, the boy bowed at his waist an arm in front and one behind "Lord Malfoy, Lady Malfoy, it's a pleasure to meet you eventually." Now Lucius had personally trained Draco in politics, but his son didn't have the art to a tee like this boy obviously did. He and Narcissa had wanted to send Draco to a muggle private school however they hadn't found one suitable, as Lucius looked around Riddale he thought that they may have finally found the perfect place. As Lucius observed everything Narcissa was already telling Hadrian to relax, and Lucius could tell that she was dying to hug the child. For the next half an hour they all spoke, even Blaise, about school and friends. That day Hadrian won first place but it was also the start of a new family.