Draco had now entered into his 5th month and his stomach was becoming more pronounce, however no one suspected that he was pregnant all people knew was that he and Harry were mates. Draco had been so proud of Harry when he got first place in the first task, but they had not yet found the clue that would lead them to the second task.
Harry had tried looking at the egg but when he opened the egg it made such a shrill and loud noise that had no tune and did not provide a single clue. The answer came to Harry from Draco who suggested that they go and have a bath. The egg was placed beside the bath but Harry knocked it into the water when he went to reach for the soap, he went to quickly pick it up not hearing the song that it was making. Draco however heard a tune coming from underneath the water and took the egg from his mate placing it back beneath the surface.
"Draco what are you doing?" Harry asked, he was scared that the water would affect the clue.
"Harry there is a tune when you put it under the water, hold your breath and go underwater." Draco said, he and Harry then held their breath and went underwater.
Harry was shocked to hear a lovely tune coming from the egg, and words began to come from the middle of the egg. The clue was as follows:
Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you're searching ponder this;
We've taken what you'll sorely miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took,
But past an hour, the prospect's black,
Too late, it's gone, it won't come back.
Harry and Draco came up after hearing this and they understood what it was they had to do.
"So the task is going to be in the Black Lake, that is where the Mer-people live. But there is part of the clue that I don't understand, has anything of yours been taken?" Draco asked.
At this Harry himself looked confused, nothing of his had been taken, so what had they taken that he would have to look for?
"No they haven't, but they should make their move soon, it is the test in a few hours." Harry said. They had their bath and then Harry went to library to study up on the creatures of the Black Lake, leaving Draco in their chambers resting.
While Harry was in the library Dumbledore came to their chambers and asked to see Draco. As soon as Draco came into view the headmaster said, "You will be needed for this task Mr Malfoy." and then stunned the shocked boy, the Charms professor with him levitated the stunned boy out of the room and to another, where there were two other sunned people being seen to by Madame Pomfrey.
Harry had been in the library for 2 hours when he was called by one of the professors telling him that it was time for the champions to head to the Lake.
Harry did not have the need for spells, potions or plants to make him breathe underwater, his phoenix was a dark one meaning that it had all elemental powers, and it can survive in all elements, allowing him to breathe underwater.
When Harry arrived at the lake he was shocked to see that Draco was not there watching him as his mate had said he would. Harry had the distinct impression that he was not going to like what had happened to Draco.
"Champions, you have all read your clue by now. Something has been taken from each of you, you will find it in the old ruins under the lake, you must defeat the creatures and collect what it is we stole from you within the hour. If you do not return in the hour then you will lose the tournament." Dumbledore said.
Fleur cast the Bubble-Head charm, making a veil around her face allowing her to breathe, this would give her some points for being able to perform it. Justin was able to transfigure himself to have the head of a shark allowing him to breathe underwater, he was given higher points for the fact that he could transfigure part of himself. When Harry was asked what he was going to do he replied with nothing, he just said that his creature inheritance allowed him to breathe underwater, Harry was given maximum points for this as he studied up on his creature.
When the canon sounded Harry and the other two champions went under the waves in search of what they lost.
15 minutes in Harry had found the ruins, they were surrounded by creatures that were half octopus and half human holding long and sharp spears. They hissed at him that he could only take one of the things taken and not two, he nodded and proceeded to where they had indicated to him.
When Harry got to where the creatures had told him he was shocked at what he was seeing. In front of him were three stunned people attached to rope at the bottom of the river. Harry could not see them as the water was murky.
The first person that he came upon was Fleur's little sister Gabrielle who had come with her from Beauxbatons. She was wearing what appeared to be night clothes indicating that she had been taken early in the morning or last night. The girls eyes, nose, ears and mouth seemed to tightly shut and closed over so that no water was able to get into them, and caused the girl to drown.
Harry then moved onto the next person. It was a Hufflepuff that Harry did not know the name of, but he did know that it was Justin's girlfriend as he came with her to the Yule Ball and introduced her to him. She too was wearing night clothes and her eyes, ears, nose and mouth were sealed shut, just as the young girls was next to her.
Harry then moved onto the next person. He was shocked and angered by what he was seeing.
Draco Malfoy-Riddle, his mate, was there attached to a rope at the bottom of the river, wearing what Harry had last seen him in a few hours ago. His eyes, nose, ears and mouth were also sealed shut, Harry knew that this wasn't needed with Draco he was also the same phoenix as him and so he was able to breathe underwater.
His mate was pregnant! How could Dumbledore do this?! Was all Harry could think.
Harry rushed to cut the rope on his mate's foot with a cutting spell before rushing to the surface with his mate in tow. As soon as they reached the surface the seals that were around Draco's mouth, nose, ears and eyes broke and he took a deep breathe.
"Harry why am I here? Why am I all wet?" Draco asked hanging onto his mate.
"Draco you were part of the second task. They stuck you underwater for who knows how long for me to find." Harry said angrily, Draco's face scrunched up in hate.
The crowd cheered as Harry was the first one to surface, he came in first place, Fleur came in second with her sister while Justin came in last with his girlfriend.
Harry and Draco made their way to the pier where their friends, headmaster and Dumbledore were waiting.
As soon as they were both dried Harry went right up to the Hogwarts headmaster. "Just what did you think you were doing when you took my mate?!" Harry yelled at Dumbledore, advancing on the man.
"The task was to get the thing that meant the most to you, Harry. If Draco is your mate then he is most important to you, it was the obvious thing to do." Dumbledore said looking like it was nothing new.
"Obvious! My mate is fucking pregnant!" Harry yelled at the man.
This shocked everyone around them, the headmaster of their school and their friends were angry they knew that Draco was pregnant and they were shocked that Dumbledore would do something like this.
"He's a boy he can't have kids." Ron said from the background, wanting to look good for his headmaster.
"You fool he is my mate just like I am his, and gender does not matter when it comes to that! Two males, two females and one of each are able to conceive a child no matter how many they want, in same sex couples both mates can carry!" Harry yelled at the boy. He just wanted to kill everyone who had hurt him, he wanted to kill Dumbledore the most for putting his baby's and his mate's life at stake.
"Harry love, you need to calm down." Draco was upset himself, not as angry as his mate but upset. He knew that Harry was very protective of him right now and he knew that anything made against him would be on the head of the other.
"Calm down! They tried to kill my mate and my unborn child!" Harry yelled, advancing on the man who started this.
"Mr Riddle, I swear I did not know he was with child, if I did I never would have put him in danger." Dumbledore said in a gentle voice. However the man was lying, a few days ago he noticed that Draco's stomach was bigger and there was a smaller aura of magic around the boy, he knew that he was pregnant. He thought that if he could endanger the mate then he could Harry under his control and use the boy to get to Voldemort. Dumbledore still did not know that Harry Riddle was the son of Voldemort.
"You liar! Look at him, his stomach is enlarged with a child, it is obvious that he is pregnant! You knew he was my mate and you wanted to use him against me! You can't even deny it I know how to read minds and although your strong I can read you like a book!" Harry yelled, he was going to kill the man right now for harming his mate.
Draco knew that he had to do something right now or his mate was going to give them away and then all of their plans were going to be ruined. "Draco go and kiss him, being in contact with you calms him down. Let him feel the bump too." George said, who was standing next to him.
It was true, whenever Harry was angry or upset he would always want to hold Draco and kiss him, it was his way of calming down. Since Draco had become pregnant holding his stomach was another way that Harry calmed down.
Draco nodded and went round to Harry coming to stop in front of him. "Harry I am fine, I am right here." Draco said, when he saw Harry was about to respond he pulled his mate closer to him and smashed his lips against Harry's. Harry was shocked by the kiss at first but did relax into it , he however did not fully calm down. Draco lifted one of Harry's hands and placed it over the bump in his stomach so Harry could feel the baby. Draco had started to feel the baby kick when Harry had left that morning for the task, he was going to show him after the task was done and Harry had won it, he thought now was a good time.
Harry relaxed into the kiss from his mate and he calmed even more when he felt the bump in his mates stomach, but he knew that just because the bump was there it didn't mean that the baby was still alive inside its father and that made him still angry. That was until he felt the baby move under his touch, it was a small kick but it was still enough to feel. When Harry felt that he calmed down immediately knowing that both his mate and his child were alright.
Draco had felt Harry calm down and moved away from the kiss, but not far enough away so that he was out of touch of Harry.
"Thank you Mr Malfoy." Dumbledore said. Draco glared at him.
"I didn't do it for you. I didn't want my mate to do anything he would regret because of you. Leave us alone." Draco sneered before leading his mate back to their rooms.
Harry had calmed down immediately after being their room, away from everyone else. "They kicked, our baby kicked." Harry said, placing his hand on the round stomach once again.
"Yeah it began this morning, I was going to tell you this afternoon when you won the test, but when I saw how angry you were I knew this would be a way to calm you down." Draco said, snuggling into Harry happily, Harry's hand still on his stomach.
"It did and I thank you love. If you hadn't done that I would have ruined everything that we are working towards and I don't want that. I love you so much Draco, and I love our baby as well." Harry said, stroking Draco's hair.
"And we love you to Harry. When is the next task?" Draco asked, he knew that the second and third tasks were on the same day but he did not know when the third began.
"Tonight, I have to be in the grounds at 8pm and they will give us instructions then. Just think, in a few more hours we are going to be going home. No more school until next year." Harry said with a happy sigh.
The headmaster had told them and all of their friends that there was no reason for any of them to come into school or lessons for the last few months. He said that they were working so hard for the dark, that they learned everything in 5th year and that he wanted Harry and Draco to spend all of their time with each other and their child. At first the pair denied it wanting to stay at school, but they eventually decided to do it.
"Yeah, and I don't think our parents are going to be happy when we tell them what the second task did, as well as if anything happens in the third one. We will have to hold them of." Draco said, earning a happy smile from his mate.
"Let's get some rest for an hour or so, then we head to the grounds." Harry said and Draco nodded. They fell asleep quickly, Harry ready for the task and ready to win.