It was the morning of the first task and even though Harry had been studying for it he was still nervous. He and Draco had just woken up, and he did not want to leave the bed, he wanted to stay with his mate and child.
"Harry it is time for you to get up. We need to go down to breakfast and then you are of to the first task." Draco said. He knew that Harry was nervous and didn't want to be getting up, but he had to. He knew that if Harry won this tournament and then revealed himself as Harry Potter at the final battle, his friends would see that he was more then they thought he could be.
"But I want to stay here with you and our baby Draco." Harry loved being around Draco and their child, even though they had not met the baby yet he and his mate were already in love with them, and very protective.
"I know and I want you to stay here, but we both will be watching you face of that Dragon. You know what you fighting does to me, you may get something special if you do." Draco said with a sexy smirk. He and Harry had not made love since they found out that he was pregnant, Harry did not want to hurt him or the baby. But now that he was going into his 5th month the baby was strong on its own, they could do things with no harm now.
Harry knew that Draco would do this, they had not made love in a long time and he missed it. Draco saying this meant that they could be having their sex after the task, and that was something he would get up over.
"Okay, you know how to tempt me Mr Malfoy." Harry said, smiling.
"Its actually Mr Malfoy-Riddle." Draco corrected. It amazed him how all of the people still thought that they were brothers or related in some way, they have taken their last names it is obvious that they are mates.
Harry did get up right after that and Draco followed. He was going to be there cheering on his mate as he did his first task, then they had the Yule Ball the next day. Draco had been officially asked by Harry but they would not tell anyone outside their circle of friends, they were waiting to give another surprise at the Yule Ball. This of course meant that girls still came up asking if they would go with them, they always said no and that they were already going with something.
Harry and Draco met up with their friends and headed down to the Great Hall, where people were already sitting and chatting together. However Harry had the feeling that something was going to happen.
And Harry was right.
"You lot!" An angry voice said behind them. They all turned and saw Ron, Hermione and a few of their group surrounding them. Harry was shocked that it wasn't him they were talking to, but the older Weasley's just in front of them.
"What do you want?" Fred asked, he hated his little brother, he always said he was so lucky to be friends with the boy-who-lived, that he was going to be rich and famous and that the world would know his name. This annoyed some of the family, while their parents and sister encouraged even agreeing, this was one of the many reasons that they had joined up with Harry.
"How could you be around those freaks? You are Weasley's and you are supposed to stick with your family, not move to Bulgaria, not go to another school and certainly not getting new things when we can't! How did you even afford to go to the school and get those robes?" There was obvious jealousy in the words, knowing that he could never have the things that his ex siblings now had.
"Well we got into the school free, you see you don't have to pay to get into Durmstrang, you just apply for it. As for the living in Bulgaria that is true but we do not live in the school in fact we live in a mansion not far from the school, and the robes were bought by the family that we are living with." Charlie said, this made Ron and group groan, they lived in a mansion and got money?
"What about us? If you were getting all of that money you should have brought us with you, we are your family!" Ron yelled, causing the Weasley's, their mates and their to laugh.
"They are not your family anymore Weasel. They are mated and bonded now, they rejected the name of Weasley, the only family that they have no is us." Cedric said, moving closer to George.
Ron turned to look at him. "And just who are you?" Ron sneered.
"I am Cedric Diggory, the mate of George." Cedric said. The other mates introduced themselves as well, making those in front of him gasp.
"How and why would you mate with fags?" Hermione asked.
They all growled at her. "Oh shut up you Mud-Blood." Draco sneered at her.
"Shut up yourself Ferret, you could never love anyone, and no one could love you!" Ron said to him. Harry was getting angrier and angrier, no one talked to his mate like that and gets away with it.
"Ronald Billius Weasley, shut the fuck up! Draco is in fact my mate and I love him, he is more powerful than any of you could understand! And you Hermione Jean Granger I am shocked at you, I heard that you were the brightest witch of your age and this is how you act, I am disappointed in you!" Harry yelled to them. Ron and Hermione were shocked at the way this person was talking to them, but they could feel the magic that swirling around Harry and thought better than to say anything more. The group then left the hall.
Harry and the other champions were asked to go to the trophy room once again, Harry kissed Draco and subtly rubbed his stomach, saying goodbye to his mate and his child, before heading out with the other 2 champions.
Harry was given his costume, red and silver with his last name and the number 1 on the back of it. Fleur's was similar to Harry's but was blue and white with her last name and the number 2 on it, Justin's was yellow and black with his last name and the number 3 written on the back.
The Minister then came over to them, they had been moved into a tent. "Good morning champions, in this bag there are 3 very real dragons. You reach your hand in and pick out a dragon, this will be the dragon that you have to face. Each dragon has been given a golden egg to protect, it has been laid in the real nest so you pass the dragon to get the egg. This egg contains a clue as to what the next will be. Good luck to you all." He said, then told Fleur to reach into the bag.
Fleur reached in with some hesitation and pulled out a Welsh Green dragon, it was smaller than most dragons and completely light green, but it had some of the hottest fire.
Next it was the turn of Justin, he also reached hesitantly into the bag and pulled out another dragon. This one was slightly larger, it was red in colouring with a gold mane, this was called the Chinese Fireball.
Harry was the last one to have a go into the bag. He felt something sharp so he picked it up this was a chocolate brown colour with sharp horns surrounding its whole body, it was also the largest dragon in the known magical world. This was called the Hungarian Horntail.
Harry already had an idea of how he was going to beat the dragon, and he knew that he was going to get some of the highest points as no one else was able to do this.
Fleur and Justin went first and they were both able to get the golden egg from their dragon.
Harry's name was called and he went into the arena, he searched the crowd and found Draco sitting with all of their friends. He was slowly rubbing his stomach, even though no on else saw what he was doing other than their friends next to them. Harry smiled and looked down a bit to see the slight bulge in his mates stomach, no one else could see it as it was still too small. Harry smiled at Draco and his child before turning to where he could see the smoke of the dragon.
He had his wand with him just in case, but what he was planning to do had no need for a wand. He walked right round a big rock to see the Horntail lying next to its nest, its body resting to the side, its head wrapped forward around half of the nest and its tail coming around to connect to the head, it was protecting its eggs just like Harry was protecting his mate and child.
Harry walked right up to the dragon and looked at it. The dragon raised its head and spotted him, it uncurled its head and lifted up as if to strike him, when Harry did something that most of the crowd gasped at.
'Hello Beautiful, tell me what is your name?' Harry asked, he was talking in the language of the snakes. Dragons were reptiles just like snakes, this meant that all reptiles including snakes and lizards were able to understand the language. The only other person to be able to speak parseltongue was Voldemort, Harry knew from a young age that he could talk to snakes but he had read up on it when he came into the wizarding world, he knew that people looked down on it so he never mentioned it. It was a good thing he did not, or people may have connect Harry Riddle and Harry Potter as the same person.
'I am Majesty young speaker. I was never aware there was another who spoke the ancient language. I am honoured to meet you.' The dragon said and bowed her head.
'As am I Majesty, could I take one of the eggs please. There is a golden egg buried in your nest that is not yours, I promise not to touch any of your precious children. I too have a mate and child on the way, I know how protective you are.' Harry said, indicating with his head to Draco.
The dragon turned to look and saw a blonde boy holding his bulging stomach and smiled, remembering when she too had that look.
'He is a true beauty and your children will be beautiful. You may have the egg you seek, and do me a favour come visit me in the forest sometimes, me and my kind get lonely there as we don't get visitors.' Majesty said.
'Of course I will, and I thank you. I will bring my mate to meet with you also.' Harry said earning a dragon like nod from her. He reached into her nest and pulled out the only golden egg, he lifted the egg to the dragon so she could sniff it, to make sure that he was taking one of her children. She then nodded her head, and Harry stroked it.
Harry was then lifted onto the neck of the dragon before she took of, she flew around the arena for a while allowing Harry to look at everything through her eyes. She landed and Harry stroked her head once again smiling before leaving the arena.
A few hours later it was time for the Yule ball. Draco and his friends had congratulated him, Draco allowing him to make love after the event. Harry had gotten first place, Fleur had gotten second and Justin had gotten third.
Harry and Draco got ready in their dress robes and went down to meet their friends, before they all headed to the Great Hall for the ball. All of the tables had been removed from the hall, replaced with one table with refreshments, the rest of the floor was clear for dancing.
Harry and Draco, as well as the other two champions and their dance partners, had to wait behind as they were last ones to go into the hall. All of their friends headed in saying that they would meet them in there.
Harry and Draco kisses before leading the other two couples into the hall. The music started up and Harry led Draco in a dance, the other two champion couples soon followed, and they were followed by the rest of the school in dancing as well.
After a few more soft songs the music teacher introduced a famous band that he had hired for the event. Harry and Draco were happy that the traitors did not do anything to ruin their night.
By the end of the ball Harry and Draco were beyond tired, they had danced to every song only with one another, if someone else asked them they would say no and move to the next dance, they also ate quite a bit so their stomach's were full as well.
When the night ended they headed back to their chambers where they changed out of their dress robes and into a pair of boxers, Harry and Draco always wore boxers and nothing else to bed, it made them feel better feeling the skin to skin that they did.
They contacted their parents, who had spent more time together nowadays, and told them how the task went and how the ball was, they told Harry that they were proud of him and that they wanted more updates on the baby till they got back home, they were also told that Lucius and James had bonded, as had Lily and her partner, as well as Narcissa and her partner. They talked for a bit and then they wished their children goodnight, before the mirror deactivated and went round their necks once again.
They then lay in bed and settled down. They talked for a little bit, mostly about the tournament, how good Harry had been, about their future and about their baby. They then said to one another that they loved them, they gave each other a passionate kiss and wished each other a goodnight.
Harry was holding Draco to him tonight, no matter how much Harry liked to be held he also loved to hold Draco and his child close to him. So Draco snuggled up to his mate, Harry had Draco snuggled up to him and one arm wrapped around his mate and his other hand around his stomach, making sure he could feel the bump of the baby inside his mate.
Harry was happy with how his life was going, he wouldn't change a thing.