Now that they were moved into the Manor, the next project to work on was cleaning up and fixing the guesthouse where Voldemort and Bellatrix had stayed. Lucius was mostly busy with the Malfoy businesses and Harry and Draco did most of the childcare, so that left Andy and Narcissa to order house elves to fix it up. Nagini's shed skin was sold to an apothecary for an exorbitant sum, being from one of Voldemort's horcruxes and all, while everything else that was left in the guesthouse was trashed. Windows were replaced, cracks filled in, exploded potion goop peeled off the walls, and the walls were repainted. It was a lot of work and took the elves a week.
On Monday of that week, Harry received an owl from Kingsley. The letter informed him of the date for Gregory Goyle's trial, which Kingsley had just had scheduled. There wasn't much evidence against Greg, so with Harry and Draco's testimonies, it was likely that the charges would be dropped. There was far more evidence against Mr. Charles Goyle, so his trial was still on the backburner. Charles might have to wait in the holding cell for another month before they could get him into a court room for the initial setting of the trial date.
Monday afternoon, while Draco and the twins were asleep, Harry talked to Narcissa about the possibility of taking a family vacation to Hawaii for his and Draco's anniversary. Narcissa liked the idea and agreed to book a hotel and arrange a portkey. There were still the activities to arrange, but he could work on that later. He wanted Draco's opinion on what activities they should do, but he also wanted this trip to be a surprise.
On Tuesday of that week, Harry received a notice that his entire Auror pay had been deposited into his and Draco's combined Gringotts account. There was also a notice informing him of the upcoming transfer of funds for reimbursement of Scorpius' hospital bill that would also be credited to their account, as well as the transfer of funds to the estate of the late Severus Snape, for the midwife services rendered. Severus Snape's backpay would eventually go to Severus Malfoy and a good chunk of the reimbursement for Scorpius' hospital bill Draco was planning on donating back to the NICU to thank the muggles who had saved the baby's life.
Wednesday Scorpius had another appointment at St. Mungo's. Healer Pritchard was not encouraged by the miniscule bit of progress made so far. They were still at only doing ten repetitions once a day, so he told them to increase it to ten repetitions twice a day and come back next month. The good news was that the tests the healer did showed no liver damage from the muscle strengthening potion. Scorpius wasn't a fan of the potion and Draco had long since ordered the house elves to mix it in with Scorp's mashed food every day, so that he wouldn't have to fight Scorp to take it.
Thursday the new rocking chair arrived, that was identical to the first rocking chair, which meant the non-matching Malfoy rocking chair could be moved back to the Villa. The Villa nursery was set up with the complete Malfoy nursery set, because Andy was still living there and they planned on visiting on occasion. They'd move the set back once their daughter was born, but since they still weren't even pregnant, they decided that the furniture would best be put to use at there.
Friday morning the rest of Harry's order from Madam Malkin arrived. Draco was surprised, but grateful to receive the paternity sleep shirts. They weren't particularly sexy or stylish, but they were certainly better than wearing the black paternity robes to bed.
Friday afternoon, while the twins were asleep, Harry and Lucius met George at their attorney's office. They sat down and discussed the potential formal investment contract, each saying what terms they felt were fair. Harry asked for the least of the three, thinking that a simple return of the one thousand galleons in terms of money and or merchandise was more than enough. Lucius asked for the most, insisting that as the sole investor Harry should own at least seventy-five percent of the company. George was in the middle, thinking that George should retain ownership of at least fifty-one percent of the company, but that Harry should be repaid and receive a good portion of the company. Eventually the three of them came to an agreement which was pretty much George's original plan. Harry would own forty percent of the company and receive dividends in galleons, as well as in merchandise. Mr. Shafiq wrote out the agreement and Harry and George both signed it. They shook hands, happy with the arrangement.
The following Monday Harry got an owl informing him that the reimbursement for Scorpius' hospital stay had been deposited in their vault, so Draco wrote an owl to Mr. Shafiq requesting that a fourth of it be donated to the muggle NICU. He also developed a photo of Scorpius by muggle means, which he put into a silver frame and had Harry deliver via muggle post.
Tuesday the guesthouse was fully repaired and Andy moved in. It seemed that a connection to Harry Malfoy was good for pretty much anything at the moment, because Andy's old house and Remus and Tonks' fire damaged house had both been getting loads of witches and wizards looking at them. Andy had even gotten a few offers, but her real estate agent was advising her to hold out for higher offers.
Wednesday Narcissa used a grooming charm to trim most everyone in the family's hair. Harry had just gotten a trim when he returned from the final battle, but his hair grew quickly and he already needed another one. Draco and Scorp had been looking a bit shaggy, but now looked sharp. Sev had been the worst, with a very messy mop of overly long blond hair. Sev's hair grew like Harry's and the baby hadn't had a trim in two months. Narcissa trimmed Sev's hair extra short, knowing that it would grow out quickly. Teddy was the only baby to not receive a trim, because he still only had a few tufts of fluff on his head.
Thursday was their court day at the Ministry to have Teddy's adoption finalized. He was two months old now and had put on two inches in height and a pound in weight since they had gotten him. His hair was still on average blue, but his once mostly blue eyes had started to change colors as thoroughly as his hair. The little metamorphmagus had even started sporting eye colors that weren't humanly possible, such as red, violet, and lime green.
Draco and Harry were particularly looking forward to this day, when they would walk into court and swear before a warlock to love and raise Edward as their own.
Draco spent the morning getting Edward ready. He woke up early, nursed, ate breakfast, and gave Rdward a quick bath. Then he just had to find something for Edward to wear.
Scorp and Sev's hand-me-downs worked for most occasions, but Draco didn't want Edward to wear an old jumpsuit or old pair of pajamas; he wanted the baby to be dressed in something new, in a manner befitting a Malfoy. He went through the bags upon bags of clothes they'd been given at the baby shower until he came across a dress shirt and trousers. He put them on Edward, but they were way too big for the two month old, so he shrunk them until they fit.
Once Edward was dressed, Draco brushed the maroon colored tuft of hair flat with a soft bristled brush and said, "You know, Father is not fond of red hair, even of such an unnatural shade. This a big day, do you think you could try blond or black hair? I'd even settle for brown. Hmm, my little darling?" To get his point across to the young baby, he tugged on a lock of his own blond hair. "See, blond?" Then he lifted Edward up and let the baby grab hold of his hair.
When Draco extracted his hair from Edward's clenched fist and lowered the baby back down to his lap he found that the baby had gotten the message and was now sporting a head of blond hair, identical in color to his own. "Brilliant, that looks loads better. Thank you, Edward," Draco said, before looking for a pair of socks that would look alright with the shirt and trousers.
"Draco, are you ready yet? We're gonna be late if we don't get going," Harry said. They had to floo into the Ministry and walk to the courtroom on foot, because Teddy was too little to apparate. They could side along him, but that was risky and there really wasn't need to incur such a risk when they could floo.
"Almost, just grab the nappy bag and take Edward, will you?" Draco replied, standing up and passing the baby to Harry. He'd packed the nappy bag last night and he had everything but his dress robes on, because he didn't want to risk ruining them before he'd even left the house. He quickly changed into his new set Harry had given him for his birthday. Then they were ready.
"Help me wrap him in my cloak," Harry said, holding Teddy in his arms and indicating where his invisibility cloak lay on the spare bed.
Draco grabbed the invisibility cloak and they wrapped Teddy in it, before flooing to the Ministry and walking through the atrium to the lifts, and then down to the courtroom. Andy and Lucius met them there, having left after they did but arriving before, because they apparated there. Narcissa wanted to come too, but someone had to stay home with the twins, since there was no sense in getting caught out on the town with all three babies.
Outside the courtroom, Draco unwrapped Teddy from the invisibility cloak and handed Teddy over to Andy. He removed the new stroller from the nappy bag, unshrunk it, and put the nappy bag in the basket, along with Harry's cloak. Then Andy placed Teddy into the rear facing seat and they were ready. Lucius pulled out the camera and took a picture of the family and they walked into the courtroom together, as a family, pushing Teddy in the stroller.
They had to wait while the Warlock Elphias Doge of the Wizengamot, who was in charge of this court, presided over the previous case. While they waited, Draco took a stuffed animal out of the nappy bag, unshunk it, and made it dance in front of Teddy, to entertain the baby. Teddy paid no mind to the fact that he was in a court of law and squealed and giggled as Draco played with him. Luckily this was a family court, so Warlock Doge was used to it and didn't even ask them to cast a muffling charm.
Then it was their turn to go before Warlock Doge. The Warlock entered the terms of the adoption agreement into court record and then asked Draco, Harry, and Andy to take binding oaths to abide by the terms laid forth in the contract. They all did as instructed. Then Warlock Doge instructed them to bring the child up and an identification spell was cast on the baby, making sure he was the correct baby mentioned in this contract. Teddy was, so Warlock Doge bound Teddy to their family with a familial adoption ritual, which would allow Teddy to henceforth be known as a Malfoy. Finally, Teddy was entered into record as the third son born to Draco and Harry Malfoy.
Author's Note: I thought that their anniversary was up next, but then when I look more closely at the timeline, I realized I'd forgotten Teddy's adoption. Oops. Next chapter will be planning the anniversary, for sure this time :)
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