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This was co-written with Tiger of the Fire.

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Chapter 35

Harry was waiting in the foyer for Ginny and Luna to finish getting their things ready, it was September the first and it was time for them to go back to school for their final year. Ginny and Luna soon came rushing down the stairs with their trunks floating behind them, they were glad they could use magic within the Manor, thanks to its wards. The luggage was put into the back of the car and everyone got in. They drove them quickly to Kings Cross. Draco held Harry around the waist as they walked to platforms 9 and 10.

Harry smiled slightly at Draco's behaviour, but thought it was completely unnecessary. They had cast a Muggle fooling glamour, making them see a pregnant female. Harry was in a good mood that day. With Ginny having stayed with them the whole summer, it meant that they wouldn't run into Molly Weasley. The only issue was that the Ministry had sent guards anyways to watch the inside and outside of the platform. They weren't taking a chance with Harry's wellbeing. After the whole article fiasco, the Ministry seemed to end up at the top of their game. Molly was one of the few that posed an open threat to the group. Nobody was going to get in the way of a fae and their mates. Harry kissed Draco's cheek when they reached the barrier.

They walked through the barrier and came out the other side to a high noise of chatter from students catching up with each other and the new ones saying their heartfelt goodbyes to their families for the first time. They went over to where Ginny and Luna were loading their trunks onto the train. Harry looked at the train wishfully, a part of him wished he was still going to school and could ride on the train. He walked over to where they were and hugged them both. "You both better take care of yourselves and don't forget to write as much as you can, I want to know how you are both doing with you studies and if you play any pranks, and you better play a few of them. It's your last year," he told them both, smiling mischievously.

They laughed and returned his hug. Ginny smiled at Harry. "And you'll tell us about the birth of your little one, right?" Harry nodded and rubbed his stomach. Draco was behind him, making sure that he didn't overtax himself. If there was one thing he had recently resigned himself to, it was that he would have the ever watchful eyes of his mates on him. Yet he was unable to try and stop them. He understood their concern. He didn't want to lose the child either. He knew that Draco was ecstatic about the chance to have a girl in the Malfoy family. They had nearly lost her, and they weren't going to let that one happen again. Harry was definitely happy to be out of bed, but he was taking it carefully. Luna whispered something to Ginny and then walked onto the train. It was safe to assume that she was getting the two of them a compartment.

Harry smiled at her and said softly, "I know some people will be cruel when they see you both together, but ignore then their opinions, doesn't matter it is what we think that does, I would say family but Mrs. Weasley is not being much of a mother when it comes to you and Ron, but we are your family now I would say, and I love you my little sister, and don't you forget it either. Oh and if you need help, go to Severus." He gave her another hug.

Ginny nodded. She got ready to go, but suddenly a shadow appeared. The three of them looked in the direction of the shadow and came face to face with one angry looking Mrs. Weasley. Draco's arms tightened around the pregnant fae's waist. Ginny glared at her mother, as did Harry. Mrs. Weasley's hands were on her hips and she looked mad. "Well look who it is. It's the despised Fae and his whore of a mate. And here's my corrupted daughter." Both Draco and Ginny were seeing red. Harry had his hand on Draco's arm. That kept the veela calm enough to keep from doing anything drastic. It also kept Harry calm enough to keep him from attacking her, despite the fact that he was well within his right.

"I am no longer your daughter as you do not know how to be a mother, Harry is right a true, loving mother would be there for their children and you are not. You pushed Ron and me away as soon as you found out that we had found love, someone we want to be with for the rest of our lives. You hate Harry because he found his soul mates; you hate Ron because of the same. And now you hate me because I found love with someone of the same sex. Well guess what my dear bitch of a mother I hate you too!" Ginny yelled in her mother's face, tears were streaming down her cheeks as she argued.

Harry was holding onto Draco. He knew that the Veela wanted to attack the woman for upsetting someone he counted as family. But right at that moment, he felt something stirring. He didn't know what it was, but it was beginning to freak him out. He had to take a deep breath and suddenly, Harry collapsed. Draco holding him was the only thing that kept him standing. He began to recognize this particular pain. He had experienced it once before. Of course, that had been when he had gone into labour with the cute and adorable twins that he had carried for Severus. Harry's eyes widened slightly.

Harry grabbed Draco's arm and said quietly, "Draco, I have to go home, or somewhere now please, Draco." Draco didn't hear him as the blond veela pulled out his wand and got ready to cast a hex at the elder red head. Ginny noticed out of the corner of her eye the way Harry was bent double, her eyes widened at what it could mean. She went over to the brunette and held onto his other hand. "Ginny get Draco to listen I'm in labour now," Harry told her, she nodded her head.

Ginny walked over to Draco and forced his face to be turned towards her. "Draco." He tried to get out of her grip, as he wasn't too happy, but she didn't let go. "Draco, listen to me. Harry just went into labour." Draco's widened and he looked over to Harry. Harry was still holding onto Draco's arm. He looked at Draco with pleading eyes. Draco nodded and took Harry into his arms. It was around this point that the guards that were posted for the fae's safety showed up.

One of them went over to Molly Weasley and noted how she was standing, a threatening look on her face as well as a violent glint within her normally placid and welcoming eyes. "Sir, what seems to be the problem?" he then asked as he watched the Draco holding Harry up, he could see a slight pained look on the young fae's face.

Draco looked at the man, scowling. "This woman has been threatening Harry for months, causing undo stress on him that has now sent him into an early labour, just like one Hermione Granger did before." Harry looked at Draco and watched as the Veela picked him up into his arms. Harry had one arm around Draco's shoulders, holding on for dear life. He had the other hand on his stomach as he felt another contraction. Ginny was glaring darkly at her mother. She couldn't believe that the woman could do such a thing.

"Can we hurry up; I need to go to St Mungo's," Harry said through gritted teeth, as another contraction hit. The contractions were already close together. Draco nodded his head and went through the barrier and out through the other side, as no one could apparate on the platform, he needed to find a quiet and unobserved place so he could apparate them both to St Mungo's. "Ginny, could you go back to the car and go back to the manor, I know you will be late to school, but I am sure Lucius will get you there. I need you to tell Severus what is going on. Please Ginny," he said to his baby sister.

Ginny nodded. "Of course, I'll get that done." She then ran off to the car as Draco went and found his secluded place. Once he found it, he apparated them to St. Mungo's. Harry was taking slow breaths, clutching Draco's shoulder almost painfully. Draco was worried, as it was supposed to take twenty-four hours for the birth, that way the birth canal could form properly. This meant he would either need another caesarean or that he had been in labour all day and hadn't known it. That latter worried him the most. He was usually aware of what happened to his body, and he didn't like it at all. Harry had his eyes closed as Draco took them into the hospital.

A healer that was standing in the reception area looked up when he heard the pop of apparition. "What is wrong?" the healer asked the two as he noticed that the black haired young man had a swollen stomach. "Labour?" he then asked, getting a nodded from the both. He quickly got them set up in one of the birthing room while he sent for a midwife and a healer that specialised in male pregnancy.

Once he was gone, Draco shook his head and attempted to not insult the man's intelligence. Harry managed a moment of peace and looked at him. "Draco, calm down. They'll find out what they're in for." Draco gave Harry a dubious look and shook his head. Harry held onto Draco's hand and kissed it moments before he took it and squeezed hard from the pain that coursed through his body once more. He didn't like this; it reminded him more and more of the twins. That was the one reminder they were trying to avoid.

It was not long until a healer and a midwife came into the room and smiled at the pair. "Well it should not be long until you are both holding your child in your arms," the healer said with a smile and a bounce in his step that remind them of the headmaster. "Well first let's see how far along in labour you are," he said softly as he started to cast some spells to find out. "Ahh, you're a Fae. Well this makes this a little different, but not to worry. You are quiet far along, another two or three hours," he said with a smile. Harry looked shock at the news; he hadn't even known he was in labour.

Harry closed his eyes and then opened them to look at Draco. Draco shrugged. "I don't know, maybe the excitement of the upcoming day distracted you?" Harry gave Draco a look and rolled his eyes up to the ceiling. Harry had basically stated that even he could have thought of that. Draco sighed and looked at the doctor. "There's a third in our little group that might be showing up…" He stopped after that waiting to see how the doctor would react. It wasn't an ordinary occurrence. In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if saying that was a dead give away to this being Harry Potter. Harry didn't react; he was too busy trying to break nearly every bone in Draco's hand. Draco was trying to ignore the pain in his hand by talking in the first place.

"Yes, we will keep an eye out for your friend. What is his name?" the healer asked, not getting the fact that the other third was not a friend, but part of the triad. He didn't look up to see the slightly angry look on Harry's face, even though he was grimacing in pain.

Draco began running his fingers through Harry's long hair. He knew that would calm the boy down. He whispered softly to him and looked at the healer once more. "His name is Severus Snape, and he's not our friend, he's a part of our group." He hoped the healer would finally realize just who he was taking care of. Draco was not one to have shoddy care done to his mate by someone that seemed to have the mind of an idiot. Of course, this meant that he had to get the man's attention. Luckily, the mentioning of Severus' name caught his attention and he finally looked up at the two.

The healer was looked at him with wide eyes as he looked at Harry's forehead and noted the scar was there. "Harry Potter?!" he said in disbelief. "I'm sorry, I did not realise it was you, forgive me. I will send word down to reception to send Severus Snape up straight away. We should send for your usual Healer. They would know you better, though I will be assisting them," He said in a bit of a thither.

Draco nodded and watched the doctor move off. He knew that Severus would already call Poppy and wait for her to arrive. Harry on the other hand couldn't care less; he was currently in pain and squeezing the life out of Draco's hand. Of course, Draco silently thanked any deity listening that veela bones were stronger than human bones, because he knew something would break otherwise. He looked back at Harry and watched as Harry bit his tongue to keep from yelling. Luckily, Severus walked in a moment later. He had gotten word from Ginny quickly. He was also thankful for the fact that he was connected to Harry.

"Harry," Severus said softly, getting Harry's attention. They both smiled at each as Severus walked over to the bed and sat on the other side of Harry. "How is everything progressing?" he asked them both, he didn't think that Harry was up to actually answering him. He took Harry's other hand and it was immediately crushed as Harry had another contraction. "Guess that answers my question," he said with a smile, even though Harry looked up at them both apologising to them with a smile.

Draco had to breath out for a moment when Harry finally pulled away. "Apparently he's been in labour since yesterday. The doctor said he has maybe a couple of hours before she's born." Harry didn't answer; he took his time to catch his breath before another contraction went through his body. He was not in a place he wanted to be in that moment. He wanted it all over with. He hoped that Poppy arrived soon. Luckily, she wouldn't have been long behind Severus. Harry closed his eyes and released his grip a bit on both Draco and Severus' hands.

"Well I am not happy to see you at the moment Mr. Potter," came Poppy's voice as she opened the door and walked into the room. "Well let's see how long you have until you are ready to give birth, I think we will be able to have a natural birth," she added as she started her scans. She finished quickly and smiled at them all. "You will be able to have a natural birth, though you can opt for a caesarean if you want, that is up to you. Your daughter is perfectly fine, and so far seems healthy," she told them.

Harry nodded in response and let out a sigh of relief. He liked hearing that his daughter was alright, though he didn't necessarily like the idea of having her naturally. The difference was that it seemed like a better idea. He needed to at least experience it once. Plus, he knew he was only having one, so he wouldn't deal with it for too long. Draco and Severus looked at Harry. They knew that Harry would choose to go through the birth naturally, but it didn't mean they had to like it. "Natural," Harry said, his words a little winded from the last contraction. Poppy nodded and got ready for a natural birth, kicking the other healer out. She didn't want him interrupt her in the middle of what could be a very important time.

Poppy put a spell on the baby to monitor her while waiting for the birth, Muggles also did that by using the child's heartbeat. She went over to a chair and sat down, pulling out a small crossword puzzle book she had gotten from Muggle London on her last trip to Diagon Alley. She hoped that it would help take Harry's mind off of the contractions when she asked them a question or two from there. Half hour later they had almost finished the crossword puzzle when the alarm she had on the baby went off.

Poppy was instantly out of her seat and looking over Harry. She let out a slow breath and looked at them. "It appears we'll need to do a caesarean. The umbilical cord has managed to wrap itself around your little girl." That got their attention. Harry whimpered at that, while Draco and Severus attempted to not groan. It appeared that nothing could go right where it concerned Harry's pregnancies. Nodding to her, they gave her the go ahead with doing the procedure. They wanted both to live, and be happy.

Poppy used a numbing charm on the young Fae and a put up a privacy screen before she got rid of Harry's clothes with a spell. She was not being as patience as she did the last time, as she had to hurry before the little girl died. She cut into Harry's stomach as she said, "It going to be fine Harry, we will have her out here and in your arms real soon." She tried to comfort him with a smile. She quickly set about cutting down to the womb and into the womb; she lifted the little girl out and noticed that the cord was wrapped tight around her throat. She unwrapped it and cut the cord. She noticed the blue colour of the child's skin and that she was not breathing.

Poppy began to cast spells to help the little girl. She knew that it would ultimately drain a fae of all emotional capabilities to lose a child. She didn't want to see that to happen to Harry. Using her magic, she managed to get the little girl breathing, though it took several moments for her to lose the blue tint to her skin. She carefully cradled the little girl in one arm and closed the incision on Harry's stomach. Luckily enough, the scar would be where the first cesarean had been. Harry was looking worried for the most part. He couldn't feel a thing below his chest and he wasn't hearing the sounds of his daughter. He looked at Draco and saw him biting his lip. He looked over at Severus. He knew that the man could sense life and there seemed to be one moment where his face went from upset to relief. That caused Harry to feel horrible.

"Severus, Draco what's wrong with our baby?" he asked them both. "What's wrong?" he asked again when they didn't answer him, as they were too busy watching poppy and what she was doing. A moment later he heard a small weak cry as his baby daughter finally cried out at the coldness of the room after she had spent time within the warm womb. "She's okay," he said in relief as a few tears made their way down his cheek.

Poppy smiled and handed the little girl to him. Harry took her and held her close, not letting go for anything. Draco and Severus watched Harry as he ran a finger down the little girl's cheek. She whimpered and cuddled closer to Harry, as he was warm. Poppy conjured up a blanket for the little girl and handed it to them. Harry wrapped it around her, not letting Draco or Severus hold her. This was normal yes. Fae had this tendency when they nearly lost a child. As he had nearly lost her, in a worse way than with Aislin and Conner, he wasn't about to let anybody hold the little girl. Draco gave Severus a look about that. Severus just smirked at the blonde. He knew more than either of them on Harry's behaviors anyways.

"She is beautiful Harry. She will be a little weak for a few days, but will quickly regain her strength," Poppy said as she watched the family. I will leave you be for a while, and let you rest Harry. You should be able to go home by tomorrow or maybe a little sooner if one of your mates can wrangle the hospital to let you go early." She smiled. Harry looked up at her, tears still in his eyes and smiled back at her.

Poppy nodded to the other two and left the room with them. Harry looked at the other two and smiled. "Well…What should we name her?" That was one thing they hadn't managed to do, they forgot to pick a name out for the little girl. Harry looked specifically at Draco; Severus also turned his head towards Draco. Draco looked at them with a raised eyebrow. He obviously didn't want to be the one to pick out a name, but neither were giving him a choice, as it was his daughter.

"Well I have always liked Mirari Zaria for a girl's name I don't know if they mean anything, I just like them. I think the two names go together well. What do you two think?" Draco asked them both as he placed a gentle hand and the quiet, little girl that lay against Harry's chest.

Harry looked down at her and nodded. "I love it." He rubbed her back and watched her fall asleep. He then looked at Severus and Draco tiredly. They smiled at him and Harry let Draco take the little girl into his arms. Harry closed his eyes and drifted off into slumber land. Draco looked at Severus and then at Mirari. "Welcome to the family Mirari." She fell asleep in his own arms.

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