Harry and Draco had learnt a lot in the last 2 weeks, Harry learning more about the tournament that he was going to be putting his name for and Draco learned a lot about pregnancy, mostly those that occur in the male and not in a female.
Now that Harry looked at his mate he wondered how he never guessed in the first place, Draco had been eating and craving more food, he had been a little more prone to mood swings, he was feeling and being sick a lot and he had gained some weight around his stomach. It really was a wonder, not only to him, but to the rest of the dark, how they had managed to miss what was right in front of them.
The mates were excited about their child, Harry now had even more to live for and Draco now had the chance to have the family that he had always wanted, but never thought he would get.
However at the present time both of the boys, and their friends were not very happy as they had to leave their nice home and school to go and live with those at Hogwarts, the place where all of them had been betrayed. The Bulgarians knew that there was no real reason why they should hate the school that they have never been to, but they knew what happened to their friends there and that made them mad enough.
Everyone, including the Death Eaters, who had come to say goodbye to the children that they had all grown to love, was gather in the hall awaiting more news on the tournament.
"My friends and family, as we know our children are going to be leaving us for the Triwizard Tournament, and while I am sad to see them all go, they have put a lot of work into this and I couldn't be more prouder of them." Tom said, gesturing to the children that were standing in a line to the right of him.
"Today they will leave for Hogwarts, and they will not be able to contact us in person until the tournament has ended. They will be able to send word to us through letters and the two-way mirrors that they all have, but no face to face for quite a few months." Severus said, some of the Death Eaters groaning at the idea they would not be able to see them for a long while.
"Hopefully it will be Harry who gets to be the Durmstrang Champion, but these things will go either way. On top of the fact he wished to take part in the tournament Harry must also be vigilant of his mate. Not only is there bond newish but they are not having a child, Harry will become even more protective then he was. If anyone in that school messes with Draco, they will be dead before they could say dark." Tom said smirking, as Harry smiled evilly. Harry had one arm around Draco while his other hand was resting on Draco's stomach.
Draco was a bit large as he was now in his 4th month, but you could only tell if you looked in the right place and knew what you were looking for.
"The parents will take their children to the boat where they will say their last goodbyes and the children will be off. Once they get to the school those in Hogwarts will crowd around them asking things, Hogwarts believes that Durmstrang is a school for boys only, while in fact it is for both girls and boys. They have also been told that the males in the school are very good looking and they will try anything to get into their pants. This will not work as they are all with their destined mates, except the girls." Severus said. He had quickly said that last part as he saw the looks he was getting from the children, looks that would kill anyone who did not know them.
"Once in the school and settled, the old fool will then call everyone into the great hall where they will be introduced to those in Hogwarts, as well as the other all girls school that is in attendance. A few days later the Goblet of Fire will be shown and the students that wish to enter will do so, a few days after that it will then release 3 names and they will be the champions of each school. The tournament consists of three tasks each one harder than the last, it is designed for those of older stature but in this case Harry has been let in." Tom said, with a proud smile on his face.
Suddenly an alarm sounded in the entrance way and everyone groaned, it was time for the children to go to the boat.
All of the Death Eaters came up to each child and hugged them, also saying words of encouragement to them. Voldemort knew that these children changed his Death Eaters, and himself, in good ways though they were all still dark.
After 10 minutes the children all went back to their parents, waved to the others once more, before apparating to the docks where their boat was waiting for them. Other students in year 5 up to year 7 were there, as they were also going. Harry and the others did not really know anyone else in the school as they mostly stuck together, but they were on friendly terms with everyone.
"Goodbye son. You have to promise to write or mirror us every night. Tell us about the place, about the people, how you and Draco are doing and how things are going with the baby." Tom said. He knew that he was an overprotective father, but Harry brought out the best in him and he loved his son dearly.
"I will father, I could never leave you and dad out. I know that Draco is going to be doing the same thing with mom and dad 2." Harry said earning a laugh out of the others. It got confusing when Harry and Draco called one father and the other two dads, so Harry called Tom father, Severus was dad and Lucius was dad 2. Draco called Lucius father, Severus dad and Tom dad 2, it made things a lot easier for all of them.
All of the children hugged their parents for the last time and boarded the ship, they waved and waved to their families until they could no longer see them. Harry was happy to be going to the tournament but he was not happy about being in Hogwarts and seeing all those that betrayed him, or leaving his family behind.
Draco seemed to sense this and put his arm around Harry. This always seemed to calm the boy down, and as soon as Draco was in touching distance of Harry he would always place one hand on the rounded stomach of his mate, to make sure that he and the baby were alright and that nothing was wrong with them.
Half an hour later they were told to go under the deck as they were going to submerge, this was how the boat travelled, once they reached waters deep enough they went under it. It was one of the easiest ways to travel.
A few hours later they arrived at Hogwarts. Harry and his friends remembered when they first saw the great castle standing there, they were in awe. However seeing it now only brought feelings of hate and bitterness to the front.
"Don't you worry Harry, all of us are here with you. Besides no one will know who you are, we are saving that for the final battle remember." Draco said, Harry nodded beside him.
"Yes I know, and I know that I have trained for this, but they hurt me so much. What if I run into them?" Harry said.
"Then you will treat them as you did in Diagon Alley, and as you did at the World Cup. You are strong Harry and you always have been. You are stronger than ever now, you have your true friends by your side, a mate that loves without compare and a child on the way. You have everything they thought that you would get or have, you are already stronger then them, you just have to show them now." Draco said to his mate. He always knew what to say.
Harry smiled. "Thank you love, you always know what to say to me." Harry said, leaning up and pressing his lips against his mate's.
A cough broke them apart, when they stopped and turned to look it was all of their friends pointing to the exit of the ship, it was time to go back to the school that started it all.
They all got of the ship and went to the entrance of the school. There was already a white and gold carriage waiting there with girls dressed in blue exiting it. The students of Hogwarts stood in the balcony's wanting to get a look at them, Harry and his friends wanting to hit everyone of them.
The girls all in blue that came from the carriage were from the Beauxbatons school, an all girls school that had a lot of luxury's. This school and Durmstrang were very close to one another, even though they were so far apart, nearly all of the girls in the school were as dark as the ones in Durmstrang, but they decided there instead of the Bulgarian school. Harry and his group made quite a few friends within this school, and after the girls had all been filled in what happened within Hogwarts they wanted no part of the people there.
They did not even get the chance to go to their rooms or anything like that, no they were shown right to the great hall where they were asked to line up outside the large doors, to Harry and his friends it felt like the sorting all over again.
The Beauxbatons were invited in first, their headmistress called them in one at a time and giving their names. In total there were about 20 girls from the school in attendance, then it came the turn of Durmstrang.
Harry and his group were last, and they listened into those that went before them, it eventually came to their turn. "I can't wait to see Dumbledore's and McGonagall's faces when they hear our names my love." Draco said. They all knew that the headmaster would say their bonded names together.
Within the two weeks before the tournament a lot of the couples had bonded, even without the honeymoon, they were still a bonded pair.
There was now Cedric and George Diggory, Fred and Viktor Krum, Bill and Gellert Grindelwald, Charlie and Poliakoff Yale, Percy and Pansy Parkinson, Daphne and Blaise Greengrass as well as Neville and Luna Longbottom. They all wanted to be bonded to one another before they had to go to the school.
"Pansy and Percy Parkinson!" The headmaster yelled. The couple walked out hand in hand and went to sit down with the Slytherin's, ignoring the gasp at the sight of Percy Weasley.
"Daphne and Blaise Greengrass!" Once again the couple walked out hand in hand there were not as many gasps this time as they walked to the Slytherin table.
"Cedric and George Diggory!" The headmaster yelled, once again there were gasps as they walked out hand in hand and sat at the Slytherin table.
"Fred and Viktor Krum!" The couple also walked out hand in hand, this caused another gasp as it was a Weasley with the Bulgarian captain of Quidditch.
"Bill and Gellert Grindelwald!" A louder gasp with this couple, as it was a Weasley with such a dark name, and Gellert the child of the evil wizard Dumbledore killed.
"Charlie and Poliakoff Yale!" There was no gasp as no one had heard of the boy, they were all shocked that Charlie was with someone dark.
"Neville and Luna Longbottom!" There was no gasp as people knew these two would end up together, the bigger shock was that they were at a dark school.
"And finally Harry and Draco Malfoy-Riddle!" The headmaster yelled. There was silence, and then there was an uproar, the couple did not care as they walked to their seats with the rest of those on Slytherin.
Everyone turned to look at the teachers table. Sirius, Remus and Severus were all smiling at them, but all of the others were looking at them with mixed feelings. The headmaster had lost the twinkle in his eyes at the mention of the name Riddle, obviously seeing the resemblance between Harry and Tom, but there was no way to prove it.
Dumbledore stood up and explained to everyone the tournament and what it entailed, they then brought out the Goblet of Fire and said that those who wanted the chance to participate must put their name in no later then in 3 days when the results would be given.
After the annoying speech it was time to eat, the food in Hogwarts was not as nice as the meals served in Durmstrang or in Riddle Manor, but it was okay so everyone ate it.
At the end of the feast Dumbledore wished everyone goodnight and hoped to see a lot of names in the cup, Harry snorted at the happiness the man radiated as he had done so much dark.
The Slytherin students showed all of the Durmstrang students the Slytherin common room where they would sleeping, all of the mates had shared quarters while all those that did not have mates stayed in spare rooms with the Slytherin's, which was not as bad. The Beauxbatons were staying with the Ravenclaw's as none of them wanted to be with the Gryffindor's.
When Harry and all his friends got into their own rooms they contacted all of their parents on the two way mirrors as they had all been given one. Harry and Draco told their parents what had happened at the feast and how everyone reacted to their name, which they laughed at. They bid their parents goodnight, promising to contact them again the next night.
Harry and Draco then snuggled down to one another after the days end, they were glad to be away from all those that caused them pain. They bid one another goodnight, told each other that they loved them and then went to sleep.
Just like every other night one of Harry's hands winds up on Draco's stomach, as if he is unconsciously protecting their child even when they sleep.