Harry and Draco had now been home for just over a month and they couldn't be more happy about it. They loved being with their friends again, loved being back in the manor, loved that they got to see their family everyday now and loved that they no longer had any lessons. They all liked the school and they could not wait to return for their 6th year, but the lessons were hard and you didn't get away with anything.
Harry was getting more and more excited each day, he knew that the more days pass then the sooner he would be able to see his baby.
Harry had become so protective of Draco in the last few weeks, he knew that his mate was going to give birth at anytime after the 5 month mark, so he kept close watch over him. Draco was not allowed to go anywhere without Harry there, most of the time Harry wanted his mate to be in their room and lying in bed so that no weight and stress was put onto the baby.
Draco loved his mate and he knew that Harry was only trying to protect him and their child, but it did get a little over whelming when he began treating him like he was fragile and that he can't take care of himself. Draco also knew that in the last few weeks of pregnancy any mate became protective, and if he was honest with himself he knew that he would do the same thing if Harry was the one pregnant.
Their friends and families had been pestering them for a name, as had their two familiars. Marvolo and Ruby got along really well with Night and Midnight, even though they were supposed to be enemies. Phoenix's and snakes were meant to be sworn enemies, because snakes ate birds, however these 4 like their master defied everything and became so close to one another, all through protecting their friends.
Their families had also begun to get protective as well as their friends, they were not only protective of Draco but of Harry as well, they didn't really have a reason they just did. Though they were more protective of Draco as he was the carrying.
The Death Eaters had also become protective, Draco and Harry still insisted on going to raids so all of the Death Eaters kept an eye on the young couple. Draco knew that in a few days he was going to be confined to his bed, but that to him was fine, he could watch his mate through the bond and he loved to do that. Draco and Harry had learned that when they are out on raids, when they are attacking whether with spells or not, that it turned them on massively, usually after raids they ended up going a few rounds before anyone saw them again.
They still did not know what the gender of the child was going to be, they had seen Narcissa Malfoy, who was the healer of the Dark. They were told that the child was doing fine, it was growing as should do and it looked very healthy, which was not in question as Draco had taken extra good care of himself since finding out about the child. They were also given the choice if they wanted to know the gender of the child now or after the baby had been born, they had talked about this for a little while before deciding that they wanted to be surprised.
In the month that they had been back to the manor a lot of things had gone on. Severus was now pregnant with his and Tom's first child, Cedric was pregnant with George's child, Fred was pregnant with Viktor's child, Charlie and Poliakoff were expecting, Lucius and James were expecting as was Lily and her mate, Bill and Percy were also carrying. The other couples had not yet decided to carry yet as they wanted to get through the final battle before having a child, they thought that they were not going to get through the battle and they didn't want to leave a child without it's parents so they were going to wait.
Everyone in the Dark however knew that they were all going to survive, with the Dark Lord and the Dark Prince, as well as all the Death Eaters no one was going to beat them.
The plan for attack had slightly changed. The end of the year was in 2 months time, but they had not yet taken the Ministry, which they had wanted to take first. So it was decided that the Ministry will be taken not long after Draco had given birth so that he can be a part of it.
They would then let Lucius run for Minister, this would put even more panic into the light if someone they knew as dark was the Minister. Lucius was more than sure he was going to get the job, even though he was known to be dark he had grand ideas to make the world better, he had no doubts that he would be the one elected.
After this they would leave the final attack for about another month, thus bringing it to almost the end of the year. The students at Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, who wanted to be a part of it, would be leaving when the new Minister was decided, this meant that they could know the plan and train before the attack was made. The students in Hogwarts that were a part of the dark would be notified when the attack was about to begin, when the first spells are shot they would leave the light side and return to the dark where they wanted to be. Voldemort and the dark had learned that it was not just Slytherin students that wanted to join them, there was some from every house, including the Gryffindor's. They had a spy in one of the houses relaying information to the members of the dark, this was how they knew how many were on their side and how many were not.
Harry and Draco, as well as everyone else thought that this was a good plan, and that this was what they were going to go with.
Harry, Draco, Voldemort, Severus, James, Lucius, Narcissa and all of their friends were in the dining room awaiting their evening meal when Draco began to scream.
Harry began to panic. "Draco! What's wrong my love?!" Whenever Draco screamed, was in pain or was upset he would begin to panic. Harry didn't know that he could love someone as much as he loved Draco, and he knew that he could never lose his mate, without Draco he would die and that is being literal.
"Harry, it is time." Draco said through the pain that he was feeling. At first Harry did not know what his mate was talking about, but it came right to him.
Draco had gone into labour.
"Mother, Draco is going to labour!" Harry yelled to his mother, who immediately went into action. Without anyone noticing Draco had already been in labour for a few hours, but feeling no pain he did not realise it, this meant that it was unsafe for them to move Draco as it could cause harm to the child.
So Narcissa told everyone, except Harry, Voldemort, Severus, Lucius and James, to leave the room so that she could work, promising everyone that they could see the child and Draco when the birth was over.
Narcissa got everything she needed including towels, warm water and some gloves. Everyone in the room, except Harry and Narcissa moved to the edges wanting to give the witch space to work.
The whole process was not very long, Draco was among the few lucky ones to only have to go through this for a couple of hours. Draco's pants and boxers and been removed and a sheet placed over his lower part so no one could see. Harry was at Draco's top so that the blonde could see where Harry was at all times and know that he was not alone when doing this, Narcissa was at the bottom of her son, waiting for her grandchild to show itself.
She did not have to wait long. 1 hour and a half since the first painful contraction it was time for Draco to push his baby out and into the world.
"Come on love you can do it. Keep pushing and then we'll have our baby." Harry said. He knew that talking to his mate would calm him down enough to push the baby out, on top of that Harry was lending some of his strength to his mate through the bond that they shared, meaning that Draco had the energy to push out the baby without losing too much himself.
An hour later and the cries of a baby could be heard. As soon as the baby was crying the new parents breathed a sigh of relief, this meant that their child was alive and that she was healthy.
"Harry, would you like to come and cut the cord?" Narcissa asked her son-in-law, who nodded his head. Harry kissed Draco's forehead before standing up and making his way to Narcissa who held out a pair of scissors for him. Harry looked to where Narcissa was pointing and cut the cord connecting his child to his mate.
Narcissa took the child away for a bit so that they could be cleaned and put into a warm blanket, while Harry moved back beside his mate and helped him up. Harry helped Draco into the bed that his father had conjured, he sat behind his mate and Draco snuggled into Harry's chest. All Draco wanted was to go to sleep, but he wanted to see his baby, and name his baby before he did any of that.
Narcissa came back over to them with a nice, clean baby wrapped in a bundle of blankets. "Congratulations my sons, you have a healthy baby boy." Narcissa told them, putting the baby in Draco's awaiting arms.
The baby was a bit pale, he was not as pale as Draco meaning that he did inherit some skin tone from his dad. The ears and nose were the exact shape of Harry's, while the mouth and cheekbones were that of Draco's. When the baby opened his eyes for the first time the parents were shocked they were a perfect match to the ones both of them had, the bright purple they had gotten the night they had mated.
They knew that their son was the perfect mix of the two of them.
"Oh he is so beautiful Harry." Draco said, stroking his sons head.
"Yes of course he is, he has us for father's." Harry said smiling, causing the others in the room to laugh at him, Harry soon joining in.
"What are you going to name him?" Voldemort and Severus asked at the same time, earning laughs from the rest in the room.
"We discussed this and we came up with Steven Malfoy-Riddle." The name was said by both parents at the same time.
Draco held his son for a bit longer before he decided that it was time for him to rest. He gave their son to Harry the told him to go show the rest in the room and then show those waiting at the door, and to wake him in a few hours.
Everyone loved the baby right away, and Harry knew that his son was going to be spoilt by everyone in the room.
And Harry knew that, as he watched his mate sleep and his son fast asleep in his arms, that he was going to win this war for himself and for his family.
He was going to do whatever it took to make sure that his son did not have the upbringing that he did, his son and any other children they have, was going to be raised right unlike how he was.
He knew that with his mate, family and friends by his side he was not going to lose, and the light will fall.