Chapter Six
Time Lapse of Five Years
Harry awoke to little hands patting his face. "I'm Hungry Father." A young voice complained. "Feed me." The voice added and Harry frowned, his head suddenly assaulted by memories that weren't his own and yet were. By Merlin he'd dictated every part of the lives of his children and his mate. He hadn't noticed when The Veela had retreated in on himself, or stopped making sexual advances. Every waking moment had been consumed with protecting the nest. He hadn't even let anyone inside of it, for Merlin knew how long. He opened his eyes and smiled up at a small child perched on top of his chest. Of the three Cygnus were the most dominant and the most like Harry. He even had the Potter hair that Harry had had before his transformation.
"Alright Cy, just give me a minute." Harry said trying to assimilate all his memories.
"Is that you Daddy, Fa Ma told us Daddy stories, was only Father. We love Father, but Father no let us play with Fa Ma's egg layers." Cygnus said. "Wanna see Ma Nar and Fa Luc and Uncle Sev! Wanna play." Harry stared at the child, before sitting up and looking around the room, the entire room was padded, but there were no toys in sight. He stared at the room a moment, before glancing over at The Veela, he was curled in on himself his arms wrapped around two small bodies with his blond hair. "Fa Ma and Siri and Aby sleepy still." Cygnus said and put a finger to his lips, Harry smiled looking at the three sleeping blonds, watching their chests rise and fall for a moment, before picking up Cygnus and getting out of bed. He frowned at the pants he was wearing, they looked like something a sultan would wear, and not anything Harry would ever be caught dead in. He found his wand and transfigured them, before opening the door out of the room. The little boy clapped excitedly looking around interested with everything. "Wha dat!" He asked again and again pointing and Harry would explain smiling, as the portraits stared at them. He made his way to the dining room and sat the child in his lap.
"What do you want to eat?" Harry asked and the little boy frowned.
"Father always chose Daddy, you choose." Cygnus said and Harry nodded.
"Well have you ever had pancakes?"
"Wha da-those?" Cygnus asked and Harry smiled.
"Well you can't have them all the time, you hear." He told the little boy and Cygnus nodded. "Alright Noxy!" He called and the house elf appeared and stared at Harry and the little boy. "I want pancakes and eggs for both of us and some fruit as well."
"Noxy is happy to see Master Harry, is Master Harry wanting anything else from Noxy?"
"Just the pancakes and eggs and after we're finished, perhaps enough to bring back some for The Veela and Sirus and Abraxas?"
"Of course Master, will Master be wanting visitors?"
"Not sure yet, but the boys will be needing toys."
"There is a room full of toys for the young masters, Master Lucius and Mistress Narcissia buy them every Christmas and birthday, are you wanting to let them choose a few?"
"They are theirs, as long as there is nothing dangerous they can have them all. What were you playing with before?"
"We play with each other, what is toy?" The little boy asked and Harry frowned, apparently he had a lot to make up for.
"Something you can play with, I'll show you after breakfast and after we get Fa Ma some special things, for putting up with me." He told the child and Cygnus frowned.
"Fa Ma loves Father, Father loves Fa Ma, but safety is..." The little boy frowned. "Father doesn't want us getting ouchies." He said and Harry nodded.
"I don't want you to get ouchies either, but I'm not going to lock you up in a room and keep you from everyone." Harry said and cast protective spells around the child, before disapparating to Diagon Alley. Everyone in the ally stared at him in shock; he smiled and headed for a shop that sold jewelry.
"Pretty stones!" The little boy exclaimed upon entering the store.
"Yes they are very pretty, we need to pick one for Fa Ma." Harry told the little boy and looked over each of the stones. "Are there protective charms on these or protective charms that can be set into the stones."
"That's goblin make, talk to Gringotts about it." The man said not looking up from carefully picking apart jewels. Harry nodded and left the store going to Gringotts. The goblins stared at him as well and smiled when they saw him.
"Is you wanting to protect your young ones?" A goblin asked and Harry nodded.
"I can't think of what I spoke of before right now, I'm going to make it happen later though if there's a need. Right now I need to focus on my family, making sure that they are safe and happy."
"That is what every Father wishes for his children, we have set aside pieces for you, they will grow as your children grow. We will make more as needed, for any other young ones you have and your descendants." The goblin promised and Harry nodded. "They are of the stones of your birth, ruby, peridot, and emerald, there are spells of protection, warding and intent laid into the bracelets. No one that means you harm will be able to hurt you by magical or physical means. There are also tracking charms, so that you can never loose anyone wearing one of these bracelets."
"How much?"
"They are a gift from the goblin nation, in return for considering letting us and our decedents to live in your cave system."
"I don't know how big the cave system is and I don't know how to establish guidelines for living in the in-between."
"You have already considered letting us share the country you have thought of creating, have you not?"
"Yes, I want to protect magic in all forms, but I do not know the logistics of such matters. In any event though I know quite a bit of time has passed, but to me I was only here minutes ago. Would it be alright if I paid you with gold, at the moment I need to focus first on my family."
"Clan should come first, you would make a better goblin then a wizard." The goblin said and Harry smiled.
"Perhaps, we shall never know, how much gold?"
"These are priceless, perhaps though forty million galleons as a gesture of good faith and if you ever decide to let us on your land the galleons will be returned to you." The goblin said and Harry stared at him wide eyed, before nodding. He put a bracelet on his son's wrist and his own, before putting the rest into a bottomless bag and filling another with galleons. He bought flowers from a vendor, as well as chocolates and a new broom from a Qudditch supply store. He then bought a card from Flourish and Blotts.
Draco, I'm so sorry for all I put you through. I'll try not to let my instincts rule me like that, I feel as though I missed out on so much. Our children are so very beautiful, I could hardly bear to leave the three of you sleeping, but Cygnus was hungry. I can't believe so much time has passed, how much of an ass my other form is. I will try to make it up to you, I promise, nothing is more important to me, then our family, destiny might have brought us together, but seeing the phoenixes memories of you and our babies, how could I not love you? I hope that in time you will come to love me and forgive me for my more dominant side. Love always Harry. Harry finished writing the card and smiled at Cygnus, before disapparating.
They arrived back at the house and Cygnus started crying. "What's wrong little man, please tell Daddy." Harry said rocking the crying child, back and forth, soon little hands clung to his shirt as Cygnus sobbed.
"So much new, liked it, want back!" He sobbed and Harry continued to rock him patting his back.
"We'll go back soon, I promise and I never break my promises." Harry said and his little boy looked up at him with tears in his eyes, Harry wiped them away with his sleeve. "Now lets get Fa Ma and then we can all have breakfast and go out anywhere the four of you want." Harry said and the little boy grinned.
"Can we see Luc and Cissa?" The little boy asked and Harry nodded.
"We can go somewhere together, or stay in whatever you and Fa Ma and your brothers want." Harry said and kissed the top of Cygnus' head, smiling at the boy's sunny smile. He had a feeling that soon all four of his boys would have him doing whatever they wanted. In truth he didn't mind in the slightest, all that mattered to him was their safety and well being. He levitated a tray in that a house elf had brought and quietly entered the room. He put a finger to his lips and Cygnus giggled before nodding. He went over to the bed and kissed The Veela's cheek, before rubbing his hand down The Veela's back. "Draco?" He asked gently, before kissing The Veela's cheek again.
"Mmm." The Veela said sleepily. "Go away Thunder, let me sleep, don't need food, need sleep."
"Draco please its me, its Harry." Harry said and smiled when The Veela cracked open an eye and looked at him.
"Harry is gone." The Veela cried and started to sob. "Gone, gone, gone, cruel dream, bad dream." He nuzzled one of the children. "Chicks safe."
"I'm here Draco." Harry told him, stroking his wings gently, frowning when he felt how dirty they were. Harry picked The Veela up and The Veela let out a squawk startling both little boys awake. They stared at him in fear cowering in the covers. "I'm not going to hurt you, I'd never hurt any of you." Harry said, before sending a cheering charm and a binding hex at The Veela. "Are you going to hold still, so I can clean your wings?"
"Yes I will, be good promise to be good." The Veela said and Harry felt tears come to his eyes, how could Thunder not have seen what he was doing to their mate? Harry summoned water and gently cleaned The Veela's wings as the boys watched him.
"Its Daddy, its okay, Daddy is really nice, he got presents for Fa Ma."
"Presents?" The veela asked and Harry nodded.
"Yes presents, pretty bracelets, flowers and a broom."
"Don't need a broom have wings." The Veela said. "Go flying? Please want to fly!"
"Of course we can go flying, how would you like to spend the day with your egg layers and our nestlings? We can do anything you like, promise." Harry said and was rewarded with the sight of his mate's smile.
"Anything? The Wizard sleeps deeply within me, so you will need to play with me, not him." The Veela said jealously.
"Can I play with the wizard sometimes too?"
"We want Papa!" The boys said and The Veela frowned.
"He has retreated, as have I, you aren't a good mate!" He told Harry and Harry nodded.
"I'll try to be better I promise, my instincts took over, but I'll try to understand my other side better and I'll try to be a better Father and Mate for all of you." Harry said and smiled at his family. "I'm so sorry I treated you like this, if I could I'd take it all back, but you will never have to live like this again." He promised. "Now I thought pancakes might be nice, but is there something else you want?"
"I choose?" The Veela asked and Harry nodded.
"You choose, its safe, your loved I love you Storm." He told the veela remembering a conversation they once had in his other form. Thunder had said that if he were the veela's thunder, then the veela would be his storm. They had made love for the last time he could remember then, while their two year old children slept. After that night, when Thunder hadn't changed, his beautiful Storm had slowly retreated in on himself; Thunder had been too busy with perceived threats to notice. Harry settled a bracelet around Storm's wrist. "Its to protect you, those five stones represent us and the start of our family." He kissed the veela's cheek before giving the other two bracelets to the little boys. "Now what do you want to do?"
"Can I see my egg layers and Sev?" Storm asked as though barely daring to hope.
"Of course you can, you are much too thin Storm. I know you have been eating, so why are you so thin?"
"Need to be in the sky, not a ground thing." He said and Harry nodded.
"We'll fly together after you eat, Grandma and Grandpa are going to watch you three, while I take Fa Ma flying."
"Wanna come too!" One of the little blond ones said and Harry smiled.
"And you can soon I promise, but for now I'm going flying with your Fa Ma, so Storm what do you want to eat?"
"Anything you will give me." Storm said and Harry smiled, he settled Storm into his lap and cut pancakes into small bites for Abraxas, Sirius and Cygnus. The little boys started to eat daintily and Harry smiled, before forking some pancake for his mate and feeding him the treat. He smiled as his mate sighed in pleasure at the taste of something sweet, before forking some of the eggs and then the fruit.
"Eat the eggs too boys." Harry told his sons and they nodded dutifully. He only stopped feeding Storm, when the veela shook his head.
"No more, you eat now." He said and turned in Harry's lap, feeding him his own food. Harry remembered how Strom and Thunder used to share meals and how Thunder hadn't understood when they had stopped. He smiled, taking bite after bite, before sneaking a kiss and smiling at Storm's smile. He finished eating and took out the broom they had bought, before lighting a fire in the fireplace and using the floo. Narcissia looked as though she had aged ten years in the last five. Harry sheepishly rubbed a hand through his hair. "Hello Narcissia, I was wondering if you would mind watching Abraxas, Cygnus and Sirius for a little while, I'm taking Storm flying."
"I would be delighted to, how are you Thunder, I promise not to harm your nestlings."
"I'd never think you'd harm my children, if I was in my right mind Narcissia. I'm so sorry that I let my instincts rule me and denied my family the right to see their loved ones. We'll go out for a little while and when we return I'd like it if Storm's heart kin were here." He said and Narcissia nodded.
"I'll floo Lucius and be right there, but we don't want to overwhelm you or the children, maybe Severus can come too?" She asked and Harry nodded.
"Storm can't wait to see you, maybe someday soon Draco will see you too."
"No! My Mate! Mine!" Storm said fiercely and Harry shrank in on himself.
"Got to go." Harry said and swallowed hard. "Now Storm, you can't act like a nestling, it scares the children when you talk like that."
"Scare nestlings? I no scare nestlings!" Storm said and crooned at the children that were hiding behind the bed.
"Its alright, Daddy is alright and I'm so sorry that I hurt all of you." He said and knelt in front of the bed. "I'll never act like that again, I promise, just like you need to learn, Father needs to learn as well and we'll teach him together alright?" Harry asked and they stared at him wide eyed, before opening their arms. Harry held them all in a hug.
"Fa Ma scary, not scary ever!"
"That's because Fa Ma had to listen to your Father, just like I have to listen to Fa Ma."
"You submissive to me?" Storm demanded.
"Yes but if I feel threatened, Thunder will come back and we're all a bit afraid of him, so please be nice to me Storm."
"I be nice, very nice, nestlings happy, you happy, we safe yes?"
"Yes, we're safe, but we all deserve to live outside this room."
"No room safe, outside not safe."
"Outside is safe too, remember we have bracelets to protect us now." Harry said and took them from his bag. "Please put it on Stormy, for me?" He asked and Storm nodded, taking the bracelet and putting it on. His eyes widened a moment, before rolling back in his head, as he fainted and transformed. Harry let go of the boys and ran to his destined one, taking him into his arms, he watched frantic as Draco's eyes slowly opened.
"Harry?" Draco asked and Harry nodded.
"Its alright, thank Merlin your alright." Harry said and kissed Draco's cheeks and forehead; unable to stop himself from checking to make sure that Draco wasn't hurt. "We're going flying, your Mum said that she'd watch our children. How much do you remember?"
"Not much, it might take a few days for me to regain my memories, or they might never come back." Draco said. "Wait children?"
"We have three, boys meet your Papa." Harry said and frowned as he realized that they hadn't come out from behind the bed. "Its alright, Papa and Daddy are alright, its okay."
"Want Fa Ma and Father." One of the little boys said and Harry nodded, thinking of what it would be like if the Dursleys suddenly did a complete one eighty on him, when he was a child.
"Well I'm not your Fa Ma, or your Father, but I am your Daddy and you will always be my sons, no matter what form any of us might take."
"We're going to change like in Fa Ma's stories?" One of the boys asked.
"You might change when you get older, you might just be little wizards, or you might not have magic and it wouldn't matter to us. You are our babies and we will love you no matter what you may become."
"Not a baby!" A dark head emerged from behind the couch, a little chin jutted out defiantly and silver eyes glared at Harry and Draco.
"You will always be my baby, no matter how old you are. Just like I'm Cissia's baby, though you are a very big boy now and very brave." Draco smiled at the little boy. "I don't want to leave them Harry."
"But I need to fly and so do you and brooms aren't safe for little boys."
"Can't we get them kids brooms, I want to be with them."
"So do I, but we need to get you healthy too."
"I can fly any time now." Draco said and Harry lowered his gaze.
"Yes, but we won't feel right until we do, please Draco, just go with me for a short trip, while Narcissia and Lucius watch the children."
"Alright, only a short trip and we're staying where we can see them."
"Okay that's fair, lets see what Grandma and Grandpa bought you." Harry said and slowly approached the couch. He saw the boys huddling against each other and wrapped his arms around them.
"You love us right?" Cygnus asked and Harry nodded.
"I love all three of you so much, even though its hard to remember, even though they feel like someone else's memories, I know that Cygnus is adventurous, Abraxas is artistic and you Sirius are kind." He told the boys. "I promise you that everything will be different from now on, but I also promise that it will be better. Its alright, Papa loves you and I love you, we would never hurt or scare you intentionally."
"Can you tell stories?"
"Not very good at telling stories I'm afraid, but I can read them to you." Harry said and smiled at his children. "Now lets go find some toys for you to play with and then we can go outside and enjoy the sunshine." He said and the boys nodded, he picked up Cygnus and Sirius, while Draco hesitantly bent down to Abraxas.
"Would you like me to carry you, it's a pretty long way from here to the entrance to the manor." He offered and the little boy nodded.
"Can you get my bag Draco, the bracelet and the broom I bought should be in it." Harry said and Draco nodded, picking up the bag. They then walked next door and the children stared wide eyed at the sheer amount of stuff in the room.
"Well what are you waiting for?" Harry asked setting Cygnus and Sirius down and ruffling both their hair.
"Its so big!" Sirius said.
"All this is ours?"
"Yes, it is, but I expect you to treat what your given well and to thank your grandparents, for now why don't you all pick one thing?" Harry asked and the boys nodded, Harry found some children's brooms and they went into the bag, along with several storybooks and a soft blanket. He smiled as Abraxas grabbed a stuffed dragon toy and leapt back startled when it roared.
"Can I see that?" Sirius asked.
"I'm playing with it now, but you can play with it in a little while." Abraxas said and smiled as he stroked the toy's wings and they started to flap. The three little boys and Harry stared at the dragon with wide eyes. "What else does it do Daddy?" Abraxas asked and held up a piece of paper, Harry went over to it and started to read.
You are now the owner of a dopple dragon, it acts exactly as a real dragon and responds to commands, and it can even bring you things and play fetch. Our dopple dragons are the best gift for your little dragon tamer, all it needs is a name and it will obey anyone that calls it.
"Boys, this toy is special..."
"There are three of them Harry, so what's so great about a stuffed dragon?"
"Its pretty much like a pet that you don't have to feed." Harry said and smiled when he was handed two more identical dragons and a lot of collars. "So boys which collar do you want?" He asked.
"I want blue!" Cygnus said immediately.
"I like blue too, but I'll have purple if I can't have blue." Abraxas said.
"I love green, it's my favorwite colwoer." Sirius said and Harry smiled as he and Draco fastened the collars.
"Now your dragon needs a name."
"Draggles!" Sirius said and hugged his Dragon tightly.
"Orion, like the star man Fa Ma taught us about." Cygnus said.
"Lily, like Daddy's Mommy, who loved him lots and lots, even though she had to go away." Abraxas said and Harry smiled.
"Alright, Lily sit!" Harry said and the boys stared as the dragon obeyed.
"That's really good!" The boys said excitedly
"Cool, its really cool." Harry said.
"Why, its hot?"
"What Harry means to say is that its Wicked, and wicked means super good." Draco said and the little boys nodded.
"I suppose you can get some puzzles too." Harry said and Draco smiled.
"You big softy, only one each boys, alright?" Draco said and the boys nodded, grabbing three puzzles from the pile as Harry got some story books, most of which he didn't recognize, but he found a boxed set of Peter Rabbit books, he'd loved Peter Rabbit in kindergarten. He smiled and added them to the bag.
"Alright boys, its time to go."
"But Daddy!" Cygnus complained. "I wanna play here more."
"Well Papa and I want to fly and Grandma Cissia and Grandpa Luc are waiting to see us." Harry said and smiled, as his arms were full of two little boys, he swung them up and cradled them in his arms, as Draco picked up Cygnus and the bottomless bag.
Draco led the way downstairs and out onto the back lawn of the estate, he took out the blanket and brooms from the bag. "Would you three like to learn how to fly?"
"What's flying?" Sirius asked curiously.
"Flying is where you hold onto a broom and go up into the air." Draco explained. "If you get good enough, Papa and I will buy you a model that goes five feet up, these are toe touchers, and most little wizards start out with them." Draco said and took the four brooms out of the bag. "I don't want you to go up on any of our brooms without us okay?" He asked and the boys nodded, Draco smiled and started to explain how to fly, as Harry helped by holding each of the little boys on the broom until they understood what Draco was telling them.
Mid lesson Narcissa, Severus and Lucius came out of the manor and stood by the steps, Harry waved to them and gestured for them to come slowly.
"Hey Si, look that's Grandma Cissa, Grandpa Luc and Uncle Sev." He said and stared as the little boy executed a perfect turn and raced towards the manor steps. "Be careful Cygnus!" Harry called out to his son, his instincts attempting to take over, before the bracelet calmed them, he was glad that the bracelet had calmed him. Though admittedly he'd like the option of transforming into Thunder if he wanted. The two other boys turned at the shout and zoomed after their brother. Draco laughed and grabbed the broomstick
"Come on Harry, jump on." He said and Harry got on the back of the broom, lacing his fingers around Draco's chest. He whooped as they took off and started to laugh, loving the feeling of the wind in his hair. They caught up to the children just as they reached the steps.
"Uncle Sev looks scary." Sirius said huddling behind his brothers.
"Its okay, Uncle Sev would never hurt us, right Uncle Sev?"
"I'd never harm any of you and who might you fine young men be?" Severus asked and Cygnus smiled.
"I'm Cygnus Malfoy, my brofers are Aby and Siri."
"Abraxas and Sirius." Harry supplied, as they landed. "We were just teaching them how to fly."
"Something every young wizard should know." Severus said and crouched down. "So what do you like to do?"
"The world is really big, but with Father we wrestled, until Fa Ma read us stories, or gave us lessons."
"I see, well perhaps you may be interested in trying some child's potions."
"Daddy said we could only have one toy."
"I didn't want them to take the whole room with us." Harry said and the Malfoys and Snape laughed.
"So how are you taking to being a Daddy Harry?"
"Its great, I love the little rascals." Harry said. "I'm gonna get you!" He added and the boys shrieked as he started after them.
"No I'm going to get you!" Draco called and Harry quickly ran away from Draco, laughing as he was chased, Draco caught him and pulled him to the ground starting to tickle Harry.
"I help, I help!" Sirius said and ran up to them, starting to tickle Harry as well, Harry couldn't stop laughing.
"Help Daddy, tickle Papa." He told the other boys and they ran joining the fray.
"You sick my own sons on me Harry?" Draco demanded and Harry shrugged.
"I was outnumbered." He replied and managed to get to his feet, grabbing Sirius. "Ah ha now I have a hostage, give me a kiss for his safe return."
"You sir fight dirty, but very well, I suppose I have no choice but to give into your demands." Draco said and kissed Harry on the cheek.
"Kissy Daddy, kissy Papa, kissy!" Sirius said and Harry kissed the top of his head.
"Me want kissy too!" Cygnus said
"I want a kiss too." Draco corrected, before first kissing Sirius and Cygnus. "Would you like a kiss from Papa and Daddy too Aby?"
"Yes, kiss." The little boy said lifting his head to look at his parents, Harry smiled and bent down, letting Sirius go and kissed both boys on the forehead.
"Get me Daddy!" Cygnus said and started to run away laughing as Harry chased after him.
"I'm gonna get you!" He said and ran after the boy, going slow enough as to not catch him immediately. He caught up to the child. "I got you!" He said and grabbed the boy, before lifting him into his arms. "What's this?" He asked making a snake out of his hand. "Could it be, not the dreaded tickle monster!" He said and tickled his son's side; childish laughter was his reward, as his little boy thrashed about. "Escape is futile, for the tickle monster shall come back again and again." He said and continued to tickle the boy for several more seconds, before lifting him to his shoulders and putting a sticking charm to hold him in place. "Oh no, I'm besieged by small blond minions!" He said and scooped his other two children up, who laughed as he ran with cushioning charms and sticking charms on his arms and neck.
"Get Papa!"
"Get Papa, Get Papa." The triplets said and Harry laughed, chasing after Draco.
"I am going to get you Draco!" He said and Draco laughed as he saw Harry barreling towards him, he spun on his heel and ran strait for his parents. Harry followed behind him, as Draco hid behind Severus. "To get Papa we must first get Sev!"
"Don't you dare Po-" Snape started before six small little hands were tickling him, he stared in consternation at Harry a moment, before he broke into a smirk, that became a smile, as he tried not to laugh. The children however were merciless and kept at it until Snape was doubled over laughing, Harry grinned sidestepped Snape and six little arms reached out for their Papa.
"Papa, we're gonna get you!" They said and Harry smiled at Draco, who stared at the four of them, Harry ran after Draco, the little boys holding out their arms to tickle him, there was a flash and Harry was momentarily blinded by the light, before continuing to chase after Draco, He caught him finally and took him to the ground, smiling as the cushioning charms took effect and their children started to tickle both Harry and Draco.
"Hey munchkins, no fair, you said you'd tickle Papa, not Daddy." Harry complained and started to laugh.
"Tickling you is funner!" Sirius said and Harry smiled, letting the boys tickle both of them as he slowly sat up.
"Cushioning and sticking charms." Harry explained. "Not the hair Cy, please."
"But its fun!" Cygnus said and Harry laughed.
"Oh you are so going to stop thinking that when you are older young man." Harry said.
"I quite like your hair, like you it's always messy and never strait." Draco said and Harry laughed.
"Good one, come on, lets go back to your parents." Harry said and Draco smiled.
"Let me take one of the kids out of your arms." He offered and Harry nodded.
"I want Papa to carry me." Abraxas said and Harry smiled letting go of the charms, as Draco picked up their son in one arm, while taking Harry's hand with the other, they walked back together to where Draco's parents and Severus waited.
"Come sit on the blanket with us, Draco and I will be going flying for a little while shortly, will you be alright watching the kids? We won't be out of shouting distance if you need us."
"Of course, we are glad to watch the children."
"Did you see Grandpa Luc, I caught Papa!" Cygnus said.
"Me too!" Sirius said as Abraxas yawned.
"He didn't run fast, he ran faster when chasing Daddy." Abraxas said and all the adults laughed.
"That's because he secretly wanted to get caught, didn't you mate of mine?" Harry asked and Draco blushed slightly. Harry smiled and settled down onto the blanket, canceling the charms. "Climb off please boys." He asked and both little boys obeyed him obediently. He smiled at Draco, before grabbing his broom and mounting in front, Draco slightly behind him. He kicked off and laughed as the wind rushed through his hair, he flew over what appeared to be a maze and landed in the center of it, by a bench. He took Draco's hand in his and looked into his eyes. "I've fallen in love with your veela and I look forward to falling in love with you."
"As domineering as your phoenix is, I love him too. I'm also looking forward to getting to know you, mate of mine." Draco said and they kissed.
"We should get back up into the air soon." Harry pointed out and couldn't help taking one more kiss loving the flavor of his mate's lips and the way he looked just after being kissed.
"Alright." Draco said, before his hands made their way to Harry's hair and tangled themselves in it. "I really do love your hair, fire or black, doesn't matter as long as it stays this wild." Draco kissed him again and all thought left Harry's head for a moment, as he got lost in the feeling of Draco's lips against his own, lost in the way Draco cradled his head, as he caressed Draco's back. It felt magical to be in the arms of his mate like this, better then the most powerful cheering charm ever cast. Harry moaned slightly, before reluctantly pulling away.
"Flying now." He managed to say as the passion in Draco's eyes faded.
"Only you would pick flying, over getting some action Harry."
"Well we need to fly in order to stay healthy and your health is more important to me, then any mind blowing make out sessions we may have."
"Yes well, considering that we have three little boys, expect those to be few and far between." He said and Harry pouted.
"I'm sure your family and Mrs. Weasley wouldn't mind watching our kids for a little while."
"You haven't spoken to the Weasleys in years." Draco pointed out and Harry shrugged.
"They are my family, just as much as your parents are, I'll write to them soon and ask if we could get together and celebrate the fact that I'm no longer some territorial creature."
"I like it when you get territorial, though you can be overly bossy." Draco said and Harry laughed, before grabbing the broom. He sat in front this time and smiled as Draco sat behind him, wrapping his hands around Harry. They flew together for the next several hours, checking in on the children every thirty minutes or so.
"Daddy don't leave again!" Sirius said and ran to Harry, burying his face into Harry's knee.
"Alright little buddy, how about we go flying together?" Harry asked and his other two children hearing this ran over as well.
"We wanna fly too!" Cygnus said and Harry smiled.
"Alright, but I'm using sticking charms and we're not flying higher then fifty feet, if any of you get scared, tell me and I'll slow down or land the broom." Harry told them and took out his broom; he stuck Cygnus and Abraxas behind him, before sitting down and sticking Sirius to the broom in front. "Now I want you to hold on to Cygnus Abraxas, Cy you hold onto me, alright?" He asked, before threading his hands through Sirius' arms and grabbing hold of the broomstick. They rose into the air and Harry increased the speed just enough to have the wind blowing in their faces. "I'm going to do a loop, if you don't like it tell me and I'll stop." Harry said and did a slow circle in mid air, the boys laughed.
"My hair is funny, look Daddy!" Sirius said and Harry smiled.
"I see buddy, but I need to keep my attention on flying the broom. You want to do a dive boys?" He asked.
"Yes!" All three said and Harry smiled, he did a slow dive pulling up to fly over the grass and smiled at Draco.
"Wave to Papa." He said and all four of them waved one handed, Harry saw Narcissia take out a camera and snap a picture. "Ready boys?" He asked and shot up into the air at medium speed, the children shrieked with laughter, as he leveled out and started to move the broom up and down in waves. The boys loved every minute of it, until Lucius flew up.
"We were wondering if you would like to join us for lunch."
"That would be great, I'm actually quite hungry, sorry we lost track of time."
"Its quite alright, we enjoyed watching you fly." Lucius assured and Harry grinned, before taking the broom down.
"Wanna fly more Daddy!" Sirius said and Harry smiled.
"I know buddy, but we need to eat now." He said and landed gracefully in front of the blanket. He took the sticking charms off the broom and helped each of his sons get off of it. They ran over to Draco and Harry smiled following at a slower pace. The house elves had apparently made finger sandwiches, as well as Sheppard pie, salad, chicken, potato salad, macaroni salad, baked beans. Carrots, celery, cucumber and broccoli as well as half a dozen spreads and what appeared to be an entire liquor cabinet. There was also several non alcoholic drinks and Harry quickly poured his glass full of fruit punch, not wanting to repeat the incident with the fire whiskey.
"This is nice." He said sitting back against a pillow that had appeared since they laid down the blanket. "Boys I want you to drink some water as well as the other drinks and I don't want you to pour it yourselves, if you want something ask for it okay." Harry said and smiled as the three boys nodded.
"Can you help me get food?" Sirius asked Narcissia and she smiled.
"I would be delighted, you are Abraxas right?"
"No silly Aby has green eyes, I have grey." Sirius said and Narcissa smiled.
Cygnus tugged on Lucius' shirt. "Help me Grandpa." He said and Abraxas looked hesitantly to Snape, before running over to Harry.
"Daddy help me?" He asked and Harry smiled.
"Of course I will Braxy." He said and went over to the plates. "Is there anything you don't want?"
"I eats it all, like you says." Abraxas said and Harry smiled.
"You don't have to eat all this Abraxas, if you don't like something tell us okay?" He asked and the little boy nodded. "That goes for you as well boys."
"Okay Daddy." Three little voices said and Harry smiled.
"I have a feeling you are going to be a pushover." Draco said and Harry laughed, as he made a small plate of food for Abraxas and a larger one for himself.
"What do you want to drink, you can drink anything in this cabinet, the other cabinet is for grown ups."
"Why?" Cygnus immediately asked and Harry sighed.
"Cause it makes them act like little kids, if you drank it you'd act like an adult before getting really sleepy." Harry lied.
"Wanna be a dult, but I no like naps." He said and Harry laughed.
"I didn't either buddy, I don't think most kids do."
"I like naps." Sirius protested and Harry smiled.
"Me too, cause Fa Ma and Father cu...Will you cuddle us?" Abraxas asked.
"Of course we will, we like cuddling you just as much as you like to be cuddled." Harry said and they smiled at him. He turned back to Abraxas. "Now what do you want Braxy?"
"Can I try a little of each, never had different colored drinks before, other than white stuff." He said and Harry smiled.
"Okay, you can have a little of each, then you get half a glass of whatever you like best." He said and looked to Draco, who nodded. He poured a small amount of each drink into three shatter and spill proof glasses. He handed one glass to each of the children and smiled as they drank, sometimes what he poured wasn't to a child's liking and they made tiny faces, which Harry thought were adorable. They finished going through the drinks and each child seemed to like a different flavor best. Cygnus loved pumpkin juice, while Sirius liked sparkling apple juice and Abraxas liked drinking fruit punch. Harry sat down with his plate and smiled as Abraxas sat next to him.
"Scary Daddy." Abraxas said cuddling against him. "No like it when Daddy and Papa go, no like." He said and Harry sighed.
"Daddy and Papa needed to go flying, didn't you have fun with Grandpa Luc and Grandma Cissa?"
"Yes but no like no see Papa or Daddy."
"Papa and Daddy like to play together sometimes too, we like to play alone. As much as we love you and your brothers, its nice to play with your Papa alone."
"I play with Papa and Daddy alone too? Cygnus said he got to go with you."
"I'd be glad to spend some time with just you and me Braxy, but you've got to be brave cause its good to have someone to play with, other then Papa, me and your brothers."
"Don' like big people, they scary." Abraxas said and Harry nodded.
"I remember that big people could sometimes be scary, when I was small. No one can hurt you though, not as long as you wear that bracelet I gave to you." Harry promised and the little boy hugged him tightly. Harry stroked a hand through his son's hair. "Now I don't know about you Braxy, but I'm hungry."
"I hungry too." Abraxas said and Harry smiled, taking a bite out of his sandwich.
"Its okay to pick sandwiches up." He told the child and smiled as Abraxas took a bite out of his sandwich and chewed slowly. They ate together in relative silence, until he finished his plate. "Would you like more food."
"I full." Abraxas said and Harry smiled, getting some more of the chicken and baked beans. He ate that as well as he watched Cygnus talking to his Grandpa, or rather the little boy was doing all the talking and Lucius was listening while attempting not to look alarmed at the chatty child. Narcissia meanwhile was sitting with Sirus on her lap, as he drew several pictures and explained each one to her. Snape looked amused by the antics of the children and Draco was watching Abraxas and Harry.
"Do you want to hear a story?" Harry asked.
"Yes!" Abraxas said.
"Sev tells the best stories, why don't you ask him to read to you." Harry said and Abraxas looked slightly afraid.
"Come with me Daddy?" The child asked and Harry nodded, he got out several books and Abraxas picked one before going over to Severus, while Harry stood back a little ways. "Daddy said you told good stories, read to me pawleas." He said and Severus nodded, opening the book, as Harry sat down close to him and Abraxas crawled into Harry's lap. Severus opened the book and started to read, Harry smiled basking in the warm sunlight, the sound of his children talking and laughing, his mate simply watching everything with a smile on his face. Harry felt suddenly light hearted and was surprised when a song emerged from his mouth that wasn't at all human. He sang of his happiness, of his joy in his mate and his children, of bright sunshine and sweet smelling grass. He sang of his children, each one of them were beautiful little boys and he sang from his heart. He felt the song surround him and spread outwards, he smiled down at his son, as the boy sighed sticking a finger in his mouth and closing his eyes, one tiny hand wrapped around Harry's shirt. He smiled softly and laid back on the blankets continuing to sing, as his children came and nestled against him. Draco came as well smiling at Harry and kissed him on the cheek, there were tears in Draco's eyes and Harry smiled, brushing them away with a free hand, the other being used as a pillow by Sirius. He sang of his love for Storm and how he was excited to know his mate and start their lives together. He felt his eyes get heavy and he closed them, he fell into sleep as the last note of the song died.
Narcissia Lucius and Severus stared at the sleeping family with wonder, amazed at how Harry had allowed him to hear his song. Phoenixes usually only sang to those they considered kin, heartkin or charges and despite everything, apparently Harry considered them to be his heart kin.
"Should we leave them something to drink once they wake?" Narcissia asked.
"They will come inside eventually, however..."Severus got out a bottle with a sprayer on it. "It seems as though those boys have inherited your delicate skin, I don't want them to suffer sunburn." He said and sprayed the sleeping family with the potion, he smiled as it settled around them. "I suppose that we should go inside now." He said and Narcissia and Lucius nodded. Together they left the picnic blanket and walked back into the manor.