This story is unbeta'd so any mistakes are my own. I want to thank my friend for being an inspiration and all of you guys for all your sweet reviews. I'm glad you like the story so far.
WARNING: THERE IS FLUFFY IN THIS STORY AND IT'S A BOY ON BOY STORY WITH KIDS. EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE MPREG!
~~~~~ beginning ~~~
Harry grinned as he helped Zayden get into a warm sweater then turned and smiled at Lyra in her long sleeved kitty shirt and jeans with her light up shoes already on. "You guys sure you want to go get fish now?" he teased.
Lyra giggled and nodded excited. "Yes! I wanna purple one!" she said firmly with a giggle.
Zayden giggled and hugged Harry, then leaned down and tied his own shoes. "I wanna see if I'll get a raccoon." He said happily.
Harry nodded with a chuckle and smiled when Eli and Cy came in, both wearing dark red jackets and jeans with black boots. "You boys ready?" he asked.
Eli nodded and ran over to Zayden holding up his favorite pterodactyl. "I found it!" he said happily.
Cyrus ran over and hugged his daddy then went to Lyra. "Do you wanna wear your purple hat?" he asked.
Lyra pursed her lips then shook her head. "I wanna purple fishy instead." She decided.
Draco came in wearing simple jeans and a button down light blue shirt with a vest over it. "Let's get going?" he asked and held up the gum for all of them. They were taking the boat in and going to the Doge's palace after the pet store. He was a little nervous about getting the kids familiars so early but if Harry thought it was a good idea he was going to trust him.
Harry smiled to Draco. "You ready for a fun ride?" he asked playfully as he herded the children down to the garage and lowered the ramp then pulled out life vests for everyone, each in a different color. Lyra's was in purple, of course, Zayden in blue, Cy in green, Eli in red and Draco in white while Harry got orange.
Draco chuckled as he lifted Lyra and Zayden into the large boat then had them sit on the bench and stay seated, then did the same with Eli and Cyrus. Harry pressed a button and the boat was taken from its slot and the wheels locked into the ramp, lowering it into the water. Once inside, Harry unlocked it from the wheels and jumped in. He grinned and started the boat then took off in the open water towards Venice. They were parked with their large, small cruise ship sized boat about four miles from Venice as not to cause trouble.
Draco squeaked but a large grin stayed on his face as he held the kids tight. He pulled his wand and put a spell on each of them so it wasn't possible for them to fall out of the boat without the spell removed. He wouldn't risk the kids safety though he trusted Harry still.
Harry smiled as they slowly pulled into the Venice limits, showing passports to the police boat that pulled them over and getting directions to the best pet shop in the entire city. Harry slowed the boat down and started through the channels, the twins up in the bow of the boat on their knees looking at everything with awe.
Lyra walked over to Harry and tugged on his leg nervously.
Harry gently lifted her into his lap and smiled. "What's wrong cutie?" he asked softly.
Lyra blushed and whispered in his ear. "I gotta go potty."
Harry chuckled and nodded his head then pulled up to a café. "How about we get hot chocolate and use the potty?" he asked as he tethered the boat then helped each of the boys out an stowed their life jackets.
Draco raised an eyebrow then when Harry motioned to Lyra doing a little dance, he nodded in understanding and gently took her hand and led her to the bathroom. Harry smiled and motioned for the boys to go with Draco while he got cookies and hot cocoa for all of them. It was getting colder. Harry chuckled when he realized Christmas was in three weeks. He would have to do something spectacular with the house. Maybe they would stay in Venice the entire time and see a few plays, like the nut cracker.
Harry smiled and headed towards the furthest booth and set the four hot chocolates and two gingerbread latte's down with a plate of gingerbread cookies and laughed when Cy, Eli, Zayden and Lyra all came running to the booth and slid inside, happily sipping their cocoa.
"Christmas is coming up Draco." Harry said softly with a grin. "Any traditions?" he asked.
Draco chuckled. "We build gingerbread towns together and set up the train sets. We watch a Christmas movie every night for the week before and the kids get to unwrap two presents Christmas eve." He said with a smile.
Harry chuckled and sipped his latte. "I hope you don't mind, I love gingerbread lattes and I thought you might like one too. For our boys we all decorate the tree together of course and we make rock candy to put on it and enjoy. Shall we combine our traditions this year?" he asked.
Draco smiled and sipped his own latte before nibbling a cookie. "The latte is delicious and I think it would be fun to make cupcakes too. I'd love to combine our traditions." He said honestly. "But I want to knit scarves for the boys. Maybe in January we can go to somewhere with snow in Japan, teach the boys about making snow angels?" he asked.
Harry grinned and leaned across the table then firmly kissed Draco's lips. "That sounds like a wonderful idea." He said honestly.
Cyrus smiled as he finished his hot chocolate then giggled at his brother's mustache. "Daddy Eli has a mustache!" he shouted with a giggle.
Harry chuckled and wiped Eli's face then Cyrus's. "You both do." He teased playfully and kissed their foreheads.
Lyra giggled and ate another cookie. "Can we go soon? I wanna see the pretty fishes." She said excited.
Draco chuckled. "Finish your cocoa then we will go." He promised.
Lyra nodded her head and started to dip her cookie in her hot cocoa, sucking on it to get the hot cocoa out when she was done. "These are yummy daddy. Like the houses we make with lotsa candy."
Draco chuckled and kissed his daughter's forehead. "There the same kind of cookie sweet heart." He explained with a kind smile.
Zayden hummed as he munched on a gingerbread head. "Daddy, are we going to school early?" he asked curiously.
Harry smiled softly. "Zayden you're going to be taught at home, by me and your daddy and the older twins, Fred and George and by my friends Luna and Neville." He explained with a kind smile.
Eli looked up nervously. "Will it be hard?" he asked.
Draco shook his head. "It will be a little hard sometimes but mostly it will be fun." He promised.
Eli nodded and bit his lip then looked up. "Will we use the wands we got?" he asked at a whisper so the people around couldn't hear.
Harry chuckled and nodded his head. "Yes we will be using the wands. But you will have to be responsible with what we teach you. We won't get into much wand work until you're a bit older. Just simple stuff." He warned with a smile.
Draco looked to Harry and kissed his cheek. "We are seeing an older women today about muggle studies as well as the different arts right?" he asked curiously.
Harry nodded. "Apparently she's Luna's great grandmother. She's about eighty two." He praised with a smile. "Luna said she used to be the greatest dancer in all of Venice and has had her art pictured around the world."
Draco raised an eyebrow then smiled. "Is she kind though?" he asked worried.
Harry shook his head. "I won't know until we meet her later. She's coming by the house before dinner." He explained.
Draco nodded and sipped his latte. "Mind if I talk to her with you, just to be sure she's kind enough for my little Lyra? I don't want her scaring my little girl." He said worried.
Harry smiled and shook his head. "I don't mind." He promised.
Once everyone had finished their cookies and cocoa, they were taken back to the boat and had their life jackets put back on. They drove to the pet shop then Harry smiled when he realized a magical person owned the shop.
Lyra bounced excited when they parked then waited for her daddy to let her out so she could run in with Cyrus.
Harry chuckled and called after. "Wait for us."
Eli took Zayden's hand then walked to the door after Lyra and Cy, immediately going to the fish tanks to look at the different types. There were tropical and beta fish, though they each had their own bowl with a plant that had a flower coming out of it inside. There were orange and green and purple and blue, red and yellow and white and black, fish all around.
Harry chuckled and walked in. "Alright. So we are going to each get you one of the beta fish for your rooms. You'll have to take care of it every day and we will get a white board for you to mark that you fed him that day okay?" he asked, getting a nod from all the kids.
Draco smiled. "Do I get to design the tank for downstairs?" he asked.
Harry smiled. "go ahead." He offered.
The old shop owner walked over with a kind smile and held up some food for the kids. "Hi little ones, I'm Larry. Want to feed the beta fish?" he asked kindly.
Harry smiled and nodded his consent then each of the kids took a pinch of food and feed a different fish.
Eli and Cyrus both got a blue one, while Zayden got a green one and Lyra her purple one.
Harry looked to Larry. "Can you portkey them to our house. We are going to the doge palace today as well and I wouldn't want them to get stolen." He said softly.
Larry nodded with a kind smile. "I can deliver them myself if you like. You get the bowl and plant set up free with the beta fish buys, so you don't have to worry about cleaning them out for your kids." He promised.
Harry smiled and offered his hand. "Thank you so much." He said softly.
Draco smiled and put together a little paradise in a hundred gallon tank then started writing down the names of different tropical fish as well as a sting ray and a few algae eaters to keep the tank clean. Once he was finished he turned to Larry and gave him the list. "This is everything we would like for the large tank. Do you think you could set it up in our house?" he asked with a smile.
Larry smiled and nodded. "Yes I can do that. I'll also throw in a month supply of fish for all the food for free since your buying so much." He said with a smile.
Harry smiled with a kind smile then turned to Zayden. "Go ahead and ask little one." He said softly.
Zayden nodded and shyly walked up to Larry then tugged on his pant. "Mr. Larry? Do you have any raccoons that could be my familiar?" he asked shyly.
Larry smiled softly. "I do have one small raccoon that won't get much bigger than a small cat that needs a home. Would you like to meet him little one?" he asked kindly.
Zayden nodded excited then he and harry followed Larry to the back where the live more exotic animals were. The raccoon inside was just a baby and as soon as it saw Zayden it jumped into his arms and started to chatter at him while cuddling under his chin.
Harry laughed and smiled to Zayden. "I think you have a familiar little one." He teased.
Lyra walked back then smiled softly when she saw a little monkey in a cage, it wasn't much bigger than a baby and it immediately jumped onto Lyra's shoulders and started to groom her hair.
Harry chuckled. "And our safari queen gets her monkey." He teased.
Larry chuckled. "I'll throw in their food as well. The monkey usually eats different types of fruits and the raccoon will eat mostly anything. I give him a special type of wet cat food personally." He explained.
Harry nodded and smiled. "Well is there a way you can port key us enough for a month every month?" he asked.
Larry nodded with a smile. "Gladly, I'll do it with all the animal foods if you are willing to buy from only me." He offered.
Harry nodded and offered his hand. "You got yourself a deal."
Larry chuckled and shook his hand then went to the front to wrap everything up then catch the different type of fish.
Harry turned to Lyra and Zayden. "Now these little ones are your responsibility. You have to take care of them, make sure they get enough time to play and enough to eat every day. We will use your board for that too." He instructed then lead the kids to the front to give the animals back to Larry so they could be delivered to the house.
Zayden smiled and hugged Harry's leg. 'Thank you papa." He said happily, then giggled when Lyra did the same.
Harry smiled and hugged them both then kissed their heads. "You're more than welcome." He said honestly.
Once they had gotten everything sorted and Harry had sent a message to Fred and George on where to put everything, they all piled back into the boat to go see Doge's palace. It was a good trip and Cyrus spent a lot of time looking at different paintings, though Harry wouldn't let him look at the naked ladies.
They got to see the different rooms in the old palace and the prison and amory and the kids each got a poster of the Doge's palace for their rooms.
Once they were home, Harry went in and started dinner while Draco took the kids up to the play room to play and see their fish. They had installed a white board in both Cyrus and Eli's room and Zayden and Lyra's room with their fishes name on it and a marker to put an ex over the day they fed their fish and familiars.
Harry smiled and made glazed ham with steam fresh veggies and a baked potato and roll for dinner then smiled when he heard a knock on the front door. He went in his apron and opened the door, outside was a beautiful older lady with long blond hair and deep blue eyes. "Hello. I'm Amelia Junston." She said softly.
Harry grinned and gently kissed her knuckles. "Luna's godmother yes?" he asked with a smile and motioned her inside and into the kitchen where he was cooking. He quickly made her a cup of warm mint tea and put a couple cookies in front of her.
Amelia nodded and smiled. "Yes that's right. I heard you needed a teacher with a few talents." She said with a kind smile.
Harry nodded with a sweet smile then got everything okay to just cook and sat down across from her with his own tea. "We are looking for someone who can dance, teach muggle studies, art and maybe a few languages." He explained shyly.
Amelia smiled. "I speak ten languages as I've been all over the world. I love to dance and would gladly teach what I know to a little one and I'm a good artist as well. I used to own an arts studio and as for muggle studies. Do you mean like the histories of the countries, cultural differences and traditions?" she asked.
Harry stared surprised. "Luna didn't say you knew that many languages. Yes that sounds about perfect but I need to see how you act with my children if that's alright. Their a bit shy so I need to know they will warm up to you and you'll be able to actually teach them." He said softly.
Amelia smiled and nodded her head. "You want to make sure I'm a kind lady to them. I understand entirely. I'd want to do the same thing if it was my children. I'd love to meet them if it's okay."
Harry nodded and smiled then motioned for her to follow him to the play room.
Once there, Amelia smiled and watched from the door. Cyrus and Lyra were playing house and cooking dinner like their daddy while Eli and Zayden were playing dinosaurs on the floor.
Harry smiled and walked in. "Kids, I want you to meet someone." He said softly.
Amelia smiled and walked in after him then moved to sit in one of the seats. "Hello darlings. I'm Amelia, can you introduce yourselves to me?" she asked with a smile.
Lyra nodded and walked over then offered her hand. "I'm Lyra Malfoy but I wanna be Lyra Potter." She said matter of factly.
Amelia laughed and gently shook Lyra's hand. "Well Lyra can you tell me, do you like dance?" she asked.
Lyra nodded excitedly. 'Daddy said he's gonna get me a teacher to learn dance. Is that gonna be you? Your old." She said softly.
Amelia laughed and nodded her head. "Yes I am old, but I used to dance on stages around all of Venice." She explained.
Lyra giggled then turned and let Cyrus walk forward. "Hello Ma'am I'm Cyrus Potter." He said and offered his hand.
Amelia smiled and shook his hand. "Well aren't you a polite young man. Now let me see those hands." She said with a smile and gently took both his hands and looked at his fingers and palms. "Yes, yes you will learn well. You have the hands of a sculptor and painter. Do you like to draw?"
Cyrus went wide eyed. "I do really? I want to learn to be the best painter. Like Van Gough and Manet." He said excitedly.
Amelia chuckled. "Well aren't you an ambitious little one. I can teach you but the inspiration has to come from you." He said softly.
Cyrus nodded then stepped away, staring at his hands in awe.
Zayden stepped forward and bowed slightly. "I'm Zayden Malfoy." He said and smiled.
Amelia pursed her lips. "Now you, you look like a smart one. You already speak two languages don't you?" she asked with a smile.
Zayden nodded and smiled. "And I'm learning to read." He said proudly.
Amelia smiled. "What if I taught you about some of histories greatest kings and knights? Would you like that?" she asked.
Zayden nodded excited and smiled. "I want to learn to use a sword and bow and arrow." He said honestly.
Amelia smiled. "I can teach you the sword but I don't know much about a bow and arrow. Maybe we can learn that together." She said teasingly.
Zayden grinned and nodded then stepped aside going back to play.
Eli looked down nervously and stepped forward. "I'm Elijah Potter." He said softly.
Amelia smiled softly and gently lifted his chin. "You have a musical air about you little one. Would you play music for me to dance to?" she asked with a smile.
Eli looked up hopeful. "You'd dance to my music?" he asked excited.
Amelia smiled. "I might even be able to teach you a few. I don't play very well myself but I would love to watch you master it little one." She teased.
Harry smiled and watched the interaction then smiled fully when Draco wrapped his arms around Harry from behind. "She's so good with the children. She has them all excited to learn." He said softly.
Harry nodded and kissed under Draco's chin. "I think we should set up another room and make the dance studio, music studio, class room and art room." He said softly.
Draco smiled. 'Tomorrow love. Tonight she joins us for dinner." He teased.
An hour later saw everyone at the dinner table with the kids talking animatedly about their new fish and pets, or telling Amelia stories about how they met Draco or about how their daddy had fast cars. Once dinner was finished, Amelia helped tuck in the little ones then read them all a story, as they were all staying in Eli and Cyrus's room that night.
Harry smiled once Amelia was finished and kissed all his little ones along with Draco and followed Amelia out. "Your great with them." He said proudly.
Amelia smiled. "I always wanted children but I got cursed when I was younger and there is no cure for it." She said sadly.
Draco smiled softly. "Well I believe you should be moving in with us tomorrow. We will expand the house for the classrooms but we need your help designing them and we will give you full pay to buy the supplies for any of them." He promised.
Harry smiled and pulled up a contract, then let Amelia read it over and sign it before he sent it to the goblins to set up her account and have her paid monthly. "I'll set up your room tomorrow as well. We have a familiars room that I can add onto if you're familiar needs a special environment. Your room is yours to design and furnish and you will have a bathroom connected." He promised.
Amelia smiled and gently hugged both boys. "Thank you, now I'll go home and pack what I need to. I haven't a familiar at the moment but I may get one, never know. Now I'll be off boys. Have a nice night. Oh and I hope you don't mind but I will want to start teaching two days from now. Your spending the next month in Venice yes?" she asked.
Harry nodded. "Is it enough time to teach them Italian?" he asked.
Amelia nodded and smiled. "I can do that easily." She promised. "As long as they don't mind the games, I'll expect you in class as well." She warned.
Harry laughed then kissed Draco's cheek. "We will see you tomorrow Amelia." He said with a grin.
Amelia smiled and walked out the door then apparated away.
Harry smiled and took Draco's hand then headed to the balcony and kissed Draco's hand. "Tonight was a good day." He said softly.
Draco nodded and held Harry from behind as he looked up at the sky. "It's beautiful out tonight and today was a good day." He said softly. "we found a good teacher and we will have the smartest children around."
Harry smiled and leaned against Draco, gently swaying. "we should get to bed." He said softly.
Draco nodded and lifted Harry into his arms then headed upstairs to his bedroom and laid him on the bed, then stripped off his clothes to his boxers then stripped his own off and slid in next to Harry, holding him close. "Sweet dreams Hero." He said softly.
Harry smiled and kissed Draco's cheek. "Sweet dreams Dragon."
~~~~end of chapter~~~
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