Thursday was a day of funeral preparations. Andy was planning Remus and Tonks' funerals, Druella was planning Bellatrix's funeral, and Narcissa was planning Severus' funeral. All four bodies were still waiting at Hogwarts under stasis charms, but they had finished their formal requests for those bodies yesterday and submitted them Thursday morning; they had every reason to believe the requests would be granted. Teddy was next of kin to Remus and Tonks and Druella and Narcissa were next of kin to Bellatrix, since Rodolphus was back in Azkaban. As for Severus, he had named Draco as his next of kin on record.

Andy was planning a duel funeral for Remus and Tonks, because Remus had almost no one left alive to mourn him. There were Harry, Ron, Hermione, and maybe some of the other kids he had taught at Hogwarts would come… Maybe a few of the surviving members of the Order, like Mrs. and Mr. Weasley, would come… But Teddy was too young and there were just so many funerals that were being planned that most people wouldn't come just to pay their respects to a dead unsung werewolf.

In Tonks' case, there were a number of people who would come, because she was an Auror. All of the surviving Aurors would come, along with her higher ups at the Ministry. Maybe a few of the people she'd helped during her short career, including one or two she had flat out saved; unless of course those people were recently deceased themselves. Tonks even had a few friends from her Hogwarts days who weren't deceased. And then the Malfoy family would come and Narcissa was going to send invites to her more distant Black relatives, who might come.

But even with combining Remus' funeral with Tonks', they were still not expecting a huge turnout; just a small intimate gathering.

Severus' funeral, on the other hand, had the potential to be explosive when it came to attendance. He had very few friends in his life, and his only close friend had been Harry's mother. But there were a very great number of people whose lives he had touched through his work as potion's master at Hogwarts, his one year as defense against the dark arts teacher at Hogwarts, and his year of being Headmaster at Hogwarts. Technically, Severus was still Headmaster when he was killed, and therefore every student, teacher, and school official just might show up.

Then there was Severus' role in the war. Whether as a Death Eater or as an Order member, he was important, influential, and was always one of the top players. Disgruntled purebloods would come for his role as a Death Eater. Everyone else would come for his role as an Order member, as a spy, and as the man who saved Harry's life, who lied to Voldemort up to the very end, whose lie convinced Voldemort to walk into the battle with a wand that was loyal to Harry.

Every article in every newspaper right now was on the war. Not many of them were from people who knew the full story of Severus' involvement, but almost all of them mentioned him. From interviews with captured Death Eaters, like Rodolphus Lestrange, who was insisting that Severus Snape was a loyal Death Eater right up to the end, to the interview from Minerva McGonagall, where she talked about Severus' role in the Order and protecting the children of Hogwarts after Dumbledore's death; they all mentioned Severus.

Hermione and Ron had both given interviews that revealed the truth about Severus, but it was Draco's interviews that were the most revealing. It was Draco who gave glimpses of the behind the scenes picture of what Severus Snape had really been like. In fact, Draco had even given reporters pictures of Severus Snape holding Severus Malfoy to run with yesterday's headline article, which just so happened to be on the enigma that was Severus Snape. The picture showed Professor Snape happily playing with a baby who had Harry's green eyes and messy hair and was accompanied by a story covering the facts Draco had disclosed in his interview with Witch Weekly Tuesday.

With this article, attention was shifting away from solely Harry, to Harry and Severus Snape. Draco and the Malfoy family were pushing for Professor Snape to posthumously be awarded an Order of Merlin, First Class, and as part of that plan, they were going to keep the late hero in the spotlight until the medal was awarded. Draco had been careful not to give away too much information so far; just enough to convince everyone that Snape was a hero, but not all of the details of all of Snape's works of heroism. He revealed that his oldest son was named after Snape and that they had a close relationship, but he was saving the revelations about how the professor had saved their lives so many times and the details on their personal relationship for future articles. He also had a pile of photos to give out for said future articles.

And so if the Malfoy media campaign was successful, there would be a great many people coming to pay their respects to the fallen hero of the war. And then once the public figured out that Harry, Draco, and their children would be at Severus Snape's funeral… well then everybody would surely be there. As such, one of the most challenging issues with Severus' funeral was finding a location big enough to hold it.

As for Bellatrix, Narcissa wouldn't have bothered planning a funeral for her sister at all, if not for her mother. Druella grieved for Bella, even if no one else did and Narcissa was at least willing to put together a small gathering to say goodbye to her oldest sister, even if there were only a few people who would come and almost all of them were currently under her roof. Well that was what Narcissa had been planning, but then Druella took over the funeral planning and recruited Draco to help her.

It wasn't that Draco was particularly interested in mourning for his vile aunt, but he did love his grandmother and he was a fan of getting one over on the Ministry, the stupid gits. Plus he wasn't being asked to do much of the actual work; basically his grandmother just needed his help putting out the announcement of the funeral to the people who would be willing to come. The only people who would mourn Bellatrix were Death Eaters and pureblood Death Eater supports, all of which were in hiding and trying to stay under the radar at the moment, which is where Draco came in.

Draco took a letter from his grandmother announcing the funeral to the Quibbler to print. Of course he couldn't be sure the they would print it, but it was the only exclusive he gave the magazine and if they didn't print it, he'd send it off to the Prophet or Witch Weekly or some other news outlet. As it was, the Quibbler was printing the letter and his interview; they sent him an advanced copy Thursday morning at breakfast. He tucked the article away from Harry's eyes, because what Harry didn't know wouldn't hurt.

Lucius was once again away for the day, this time working to repair damages sustained to the Manor and wipe all traces of the Dark Lord, Death Eaters, and Nagini from the premises.

While the women were busy with their funeral arrangements and Lucius was busy at the Manor, Harry and Draco were left at home to watch the three babies. Harry was just getting used to the flow of a life revolving around childcare when an owl arrived for him from Luna.

"Harry, I thought you might want to read the interview your husband gave my father; it's quite interesting. Hope all is well- Luna."

The note was short, but the next several pages were clearly from Draco's interview with the Quibbler. She hadn't sent him the entire magazine, just the transcript from the interview and the materials Draco had provided for publication. Harry started reading and knew instantly that he needed to be alone to read this. "Um Draco, is it alright if I just go up to the bedroom to read this letter from Luna?"

"Yeah, I've got this handled."

So Harry left Draco in the drawing room with the three children and went up to Draco's bedroom to read. The article was titled Funeral Fit for a Death Eater. Under the heading was an open invitation to Bellatrix's funeral to be held the Friday after tomorrow at an undisclosed location. All Death Eaters were invited to take a break from being on the run to come and mourn one of their own. All Death Eater supporters were also invited to come. The location was not announced and instead it said to contact Druella Black for details of the location. It advised that all attendees would be required to take a valid nondisclosure oath, a vow not to harm or turn in any of the fugitives present, a tongue-tying curse, and would not be able to lead Aurors to the funeral. It even said that Aurors were not welcome and could stick their filthy mudblood noses elsewhere.

Under the invitation to the funeral was Draco's interview with Xenophilus Lovegood, Luna's father. Harry was very interested to know why Draco had given Mr. Lovegood the invitation and also why Draco had kept it from him. Surely his husband would tell him if Druella was planning a Death Eater rendezvous; it was the perfect time to call in the Aurors and take all the Death Eaters in! It would make the perfect trap and then they and their children would be forever safe from Death Eaters; surely Draco would want that, right? And so Harry read the transcript of Draco's interview that followed the invitation.

XL: Lord Malfoy, can you explain to me and my readers what this invitation is for?

DM: Yes Mr. Lovegood; it is an open invitation to my Aunt Bella's funeral. It was given to me by my Grandmother Druella Black, who asked me to ask you to publish it.

XL: Were you very fond of your aunt? Will you miss her greatly?

DM: Oh not at all. My aunt was the type of horrible person that only a mother could love.

XL: Then why do you bring me this invitation?

DM: Because my grandmother asked me too. She loved my Aunt Bella and wants to pay her daughter the proper respects. I love my grandmother, so I'm willing to do this favor for her.

XL: Did Bella have a good relationship with her mother then? Were they close?

DM: They were, before Aunt Bella went to Azkaban. After my aunt was released, she was a bit touched in the head.

XL: How so?

DM: Tortured me until I learned occlumency and scared my grandmother by cackling into her tea; she did that sort of stuff.

XL: Now when you say released, you are referring to your aunt's escape from Azkaban, correct?

DM: No, my aunt and all of the other Death Eaters who left Azkaban, including my father, were released. They did not escape. The dementors opened up the cells in the presence of Aurors and Ministry officials and let the Death Eaters walk out. In the case of my aunt, the Ministry officials damaged the prison themselves to cover the fact that they had released the prisoners against official orders. The Death Eaters were taken to the Dark Lord, reunited with their lost wands, and put to work torturing the rest of us.

XL: Who set them free? Which Aurors, which Ministry officials? How high up the chain does this scandal go?

DM: You will have to ask the Aurors for the names from their investigation. My father has been ordered not to release the names until the people in question can be properly investigated. But I can tell you that it goes all the way to the top. Pius Thicknesse was nothing more than a puppet for the Dark Lord. When Thicknesse took power, he granted full pardons to every Death Eater the Dark Lord wanted back. Every Death Eater who left Azkaban was pardoned for their crimes.

XL: Are you saying that escaped Death Eaters cannot be re-imprisoned when caught?

DM: My father won't be: he was pardoned for every crime he committed and didn't commit any further crimes once released. As for the others, I don't know. My Aunt Bella certainly committed plenty of crimes upon her release and I imagine that the same is true for the vast majority of the others.

XL: Why did your father leave He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's service?

DM: Simple; I asked him too. The Dark Lord thought my father was loyal to Him, but my father was really loyal to his family.

XL: Why did you switch sides?

DM: By the time I wrote to my father, I had already married Harry and was pregnant with the twins.

XL: The twins; I'd like to talk about them for a moment. There was some speculation in the papers that you were pregnant before you married Harry. You married last June and the twins were born in December, just six months later, correct?

DM: Correct, but the twins were born prematurely. Severus was tiny and Scorpius was too little to survive on his own. If it hadn't been for the muggle-hospital who saved him, I'd only have one son.

XL: It was a good thing the muggles were there, then.

DM: Yes, it was.

XL: Tell me, Lord Malfoy, with this funeral, are you not concerned about the Ministry? They could come after you for aiding and abetting fugitives with regards to your aunt's funeral.

DM: No. Do you really think they are going to arrest the husband of the Savior of the Wizarding World and get away with it? I was instrumental in this war and if the Ministry wants to thank me by arresting me for helping my elderly grandmother throw a funeral for my aunt, well then they've got another thing coming.

XL: If you commit a crime, won't you be arrested, regardless of who you married?

DM: Who says I'll be committing a crime? Since when is having a funeral a crime?

XL: Inviting fugitive Death Eaters and then letting them escape at the end is aiding and abetting fugitives.

DM: In this country maybe; the funeral will be held in a different jurisdiction where Death Eaters are looked upon far more favorably.

XL: So not in Great Britain then?

DM: Certainly not.

XL: What about your father? I hear he's been to the Ministry lately for questioning. Are you saying that they won't put pressure on him to disclose the details surrounding this funeral? Surely they'll come up with something to charge him with if he doesn't cooperate.

DM: My father isn't involved in the funeral. He doesn't know where it will be or who is coming. He won't be coming himself; someone has to stay home with Harry and the kids.

XL: So your husband, Harry Malfoy, isn't invited either?

DM: No, he certainly isn't welcome among the crowd that we're expecting and he's not the type that will be able to live with himself for letting Death Eaters go free afterwards.

XL: What about you? Aren't you and your children still in danger from Death Eaters? Wouldn't you want to protect your family by turning the fugitives in?

DM: We may be, but my children won't be at this funeral and everyone who is at the funeral will be magically bound to do no harm to anyone else there. I hold no ill will to other Death Eaters who wish to pretend they were never on the other side. With the number of pureblood families involved, our society will be devastated if all the Death Eaters are rounded up. The crazy ones who won't stop, like my aunt, I'm happy to see them dead or in prison. But the misguided ones like my family, I won't snitch on and I'd be pleased to see them rehabilitated and fit back into society.

XL: So then it all goes back the way it was after the last war? There are no changes?

DM: No, there will have to be changes. Muggleborns can't be killed, hurt, or imprisoned as the Dark Lord suggested, and neither should we purebloods continue to shun them. Just because we don't want to marry someone, doesn't mean we shouldn't accept them. Many muggleborns are talented witches and wizards and useful members of society.

XL: What does that mean for pureblood ideals?

DM: I think pureblood ideals are in for a change back to the way they were before the Dark Lord. My family is reinstating my Aunt Andromeda into our family. She married a muggleborn and was kicked out of the family, but we're filing paperwork to take her back in. Families shouldn't disown their children for falling in love with someone of impure blood.

XL: Then you're encouraging purebloods to marry muggleborns?

DM: If they choose, then yes. In the old days, before the Dark Lord, we used to pick and choose amongst the muggleborns and halfbloods which ones we wanted to let into our pureblood society. If someone if magically gifted, shouldn't we take him in? Should we claim Harry Malfoy, the Savior of the Wizarding World, the Boy-Who-Lived, as a pureblood? I say the answer to that question is yes and I am reaping the benefits of that decision.

XL: And just what are the benefits?

DM: Both of my sons have already proven themselves to be very magical. Severus is a parselmouth and Scorpius is a sensitive. My Aunt Andromeda, who was disowned, went on to produce a daughter who was a metamorphmagus, a talent that was passed on to her son, Teddy Lupin. Now we have a metamorphmagus in the family too. Instead of letting the family die out with a bunch of inbred squibs like so many pureblood families, we need to intermarry with the most powerful and magically gifted witches and wizards in existence and claim them as our own.

The interview ended there and Harry read it over a second time, before putting it down to think. Draco had made a lot of really good points and he made them in a way that would appeal to purebloods. Harry still cringed when he heard some of Draco's pureblood supremacy talk, but if letting Draco talk that way helped get across his message of acceptance of muggleborns and halfbloods, then in the end, it was for the best, right? Harry thought so anyway.

What really bothered Harry was Bellatrix's funeral; it was the perfect trap for Death Eaters and he couldn't believe that Draco and Druella were seriously gonna stop him from showing up and taking all the Death Eaters in! No, he was getting into that funeral and he couldn't believe Draco had kept something like this from him. He marched back down the stairs to confront his husband.

"Draco, we need to talk," Harry said, coming into the drawing room to find that somehow Draco had figured out a way to feed all three babies at one time without elves.

Draco was sitting on the floor, with his back against the sofa, nursing Scorpius, without holding onto him, but there was no danger of Scorpius falling, because Draco was already on the floor. He had his knees up and Teddy cradled in between them, while he fed Teddy with his left hand. His right hand was holding a bottle out to Sev, who was sitting at Draco's side and facing him, eagerly sucking on the rubber nipple and helping Draco support the bottle with his two little hands. "Sure, just grab Teddy and take his bottle, will you?"

Harry didn't want to do this with the children present, but he also didn't want to interrupt the women in the funeral arrangements. He resolved not to raise his voice and remain calm, while rationally explaining to Draco the error of his ways. He sat down and took Teddy and the bottle as requested. "Luna sent me a copy of the transcript from your interview with the Quibbler along with the invitation to Bellatrix's funeral," Harry said.

"And?"

"And I want to go."

"So you can be the hero and arrest them all?"

"Yes."

"No."

"What? You can't keep me out; you have to let me in. Those people are dangerous."

"Have you considered that after the fact, your husband just might pass information along to you or your little Auror friends, if you play nice?"

"What? So this is a trap?"

"It won't be a universal all inclusive trap. You won't be allowed to come and no one will be arrested from the funeral, but I will give you a list of the dangerous Death Eaters who are still alive, if I believe they aren't rehabilitating themselves."

"So if someone like your dad shows up and says that they're gonna pretend like they never were Death Eaters, then you're gonna let them get away with it?"

"It would be hypocritical of me not to."

"Draco!" Harry exclaimed a little too loudly.

Scorpius let go of Draco's nipple and let out a wail. He took in a jagged breath and then screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Out until you calm down; take Teddy with you," Draco ordered, putting Sev's bottle down and wrapping his arms around Scorpius, bouncing the baby up and down.

Harry left with Teddy and went out onto the patio.

Narcissa rushed to Draco's side just as a house elf delivered Draco a green soother for Scorpius. Sev was wailing, joining his brother in his distress, if not as loudly or as fervently. Narcissa picked Sev up and rocked him, offering him his bottle back. It took thirty seconds, but Sev calmed down. Scorpius was still sobbing into his soother, but his wails were quieter now.

Andy was with Narcissa up until she saw Harry fleeing the scene with her grandson. She figured he could use someone to talk to and potentially some help with Teddy.

"What happened?" Andy asked.

"Um, I was talking to Draco and I got upset. Scorpius freaked," Harry admitted, handing Teddy over to Andy.

"What made you upset?"

"Are you aware of your mother's plans for Bellatrix's funeral?"

"I know she took the plans over from Cissy and kicked both of us out of the arrangements."

"She sent Draco with an invitation to publish in the Quibbler, did you know that?"

"No, who's the barmy old lady trying to invite?"

"Death Eaters."

"Oh my! Perhaps I should go talk to my nephew. Here, you take Teddy for me," Andy said getting up and handing Teddy back to Harry.

Harry fed and burped Teddy and then noticed that Teddy's nappy was wet, so he went upstairs to change it. Then he sat with Teddy in the rocker, trying to distract himself with his godson while he waited.

After half an hour, Andy came back in and conjured a chair to sit next to Harry. "I talked to my sister and her son," Andy said.

"And?"

"And he seems to have more going on than just letting Death Eaters into the funeral without repercussions. What did Draco say to you?" she asked.

"Well he said in the interview that it wasn't a trap, but when I asked him, he said it was a trap in a way. He said he'd give me a list of the dangerous Death Eaters who showed, but anyone who was like his father and ready to turn over a new leaf and deny their previous crimes and what not… he said he'd let them go."

"I imagine that a lot of his remaining friends and family fall into one of those two categories."

"Argg! This is so frustrating! People like Lucius should be arrested! Okay, Lucius turned around a year before the war and helped us a lot, but everyone who was loyal to Voldemort up until the end, they should be in Azkaban! Even if they're Draco's cousin or one of his gang of Slytherins, if they committed a crime, they should be punished."

"If Lucius had been punished the first time, he wouldn't have been in a place to help this time. He'd be crazy like my late-sister."

"Yeah, okay, Lucius is an exception, but everyone else? I can't just turn my back and let them go!"

"Harry, do you trust Draco?"

"Yes, I do, but…."

"Who do you imagine Draco will let go?"

"Death Eaters; members of Voldemort's inner circle who should pay for what they've done."

"Haven't you already given testimony about the members of Voldemort's inner circle? Either they were in Azkaban with Bella or they were in that graveyard. Those people, the really awful ones; they're all dead, imprisoned, or of the type whose name Draco will be turning over to you, correct?"

"Probably."

"Definitely. Draco is a good wizard. He may be manipulative and conniving, but those who were really to blame for this war will be punished. The ones I imagine he'll let go are the kids fresh out of Hogwarts, some of them still in Hogwarts, who got caught up in the pureblood mania taught to them by their parents. They never had a chance to think for themselves. I think he will give them that chance and then if he later comes to realize that someone he let go hasn't turned over a new leaf, I think he'll let you know. Do you think you could trust him to do that?"

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"I know I'm right, because I know how purebloods think. I was raised by one." Andy laughed and Harry joined in with a chuckle. "So how about you let this funeral go on and give Draco the chance to prove himself. With a marriage, you have to have enough trust in your spouse to let them do what they want sometimes. If he fails, then you can have a fight, but wait until he fails to start something, okay?"

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense."

"Good. Scorpius has calmed down; let's see if he's forgiven you," Andy said.

Author's note: Next chapter Harry and Draco will have a date alone.

Majority rules, so they will be adopting Teddy :)

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