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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"The next morning started like any other morning, Harkin and Draco in bed relishing in their honeymoon stage, which Draco promised an actual honeymoon this summer for her birthday, snuggling and having sex. Then they packed their trunks and headed down to the dining room for breakfast. Harkin sat down, and the elves gave her a light breakfast to help her not throw up. Draco had a slightly heavier breakfast to help balance them out so Harkin could pull strength from Draco more. Draco shrunk their trunks and placed them in his pocket, and he pulled Harkin into his arms and hugged her. "I love you." Draco whispered before kissing her on the lips, and then he stepped away and took his mother's hand./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You will only be separated for a few minutes." Sirius muttered, and Harkin laughed./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, and we are practically bonded into one being, so separating us is like splitting ourself in half every time we are apart, Siri." Harkin stated. "Take the feeling you feel when separated from Remi, and multiply it by 10, that is how Draco and I feel."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I guess that makes sense." Sirius stated, and he held out a fork to Harkin./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""A fork. Really?" she questioned with a raised eyebrow, and Sirius laughed./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, it was a last-minute thing. Shut up." Sirius stated, and Harkin chuckled before grabbing the fork. She felt the jerk of the portkey, and she was suddenly standing in a small room at King's Cross Station. Draco and the rest of the group appeared in the room next to her, and she moved quickly into Draco's awaiting arms. The group made their way from the room they were in towards platform 9 and 3/4, and they ran through in pairs and onto the train on the other side. Everyone said their good-byes before climbing onto the train to find a compartment, and Draco found an empty compartment rather quickly and unshrunk their trunks and placing them in the racks above the seats. Draco then sat down and pulled Harkin into his lap, and he started playing with his wedding ring./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Dray, if you don't like it you don't have to wear it, or we can get you a different one for that matter." Harkin said when she noticed the movement, because it was something that she had noticed him doing a lot since their wedding day when it was placed on his finger./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""No, it is fine, I just need to get used to it is all. I am not used to wearing a ring on this finger, and it will take a little while for me to get used to is all. I promise. I love the ring, because it shows people that I am yours." Draco smiled, and Harkin wrapped her fingers around his./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Stop being sappy. There are other people around." Blaise drawled from the doorway, and Theo chuckled as he sat down next to Harkin and Draco. "What is so funny?" Blaise questioned./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You don't live with them, and I am kind of glad that Draco shows a little bit more of his emotions; it is an interesting change that I think suits him actually." Theo stated, and Harkin smiled at him as she reached over and took Theo's hand and placed it on her belly next to Draco's, where the babies were kicking. "They seem more active as of late. Is that normal?" Theo asked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes. Melody said that it shows that they are ahead of schedule like we anticipated, which means they should be coming in the middle to end of June to her calculations. But sadly, she can't calculate it very well because of how much more quickly they are growing than a normal pregnancy." Harkin explained./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Okay, that makes me feel better. I didn't know if my father fucked up their development by his stunt at the wedding." Theo sighed in relief, and Harkin giggled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""He couldn't hurt them even if he did pierce the skin, so don't worry about me or them too much." Harkin stated, which got the attention of the entire compartment./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Love, we aren't supposed to talk about that, remember?" Draco whispered in her ear, and Harkin gasped in realization./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Right. I forgot. Shit." She muttered./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Can you tell us now that you half spilled the beans?" Hermione asked as the compartment door opened, and Ginny walked in./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Gin, how was the rest of your holiday?" Harkin asked as Ginny turned and saw the entire compartment staring at Harkin./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Fine, what did you do?" Ginny asked as she looked at the expressions on everyone else's faces./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Nothing. How is Ron?" she asked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Stubborn, grumbly, and his usual self. What is going on?" Ginny tried again, and Harkin sighed./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Fine, close the fucking door, and I'll tell you." Harkin leaned back against Draco's strong frame, and he chuckled in her ear. "Don't laugh at me, Draco." Harkin scolded as Ginny closed and locked the door. "Alright, this information does not leave this compartment under any circumstances. Understood?" Harkin stated as she stared down each and every one of their friends, who nodded at the seriousness of the look on her face. "I have a protective magical barrier around the twins in my womb that I created after Bellatrix kidnapped me during Christmas. It was my magic's way of protecting the twins, which is why they are growing faster than normal, and why I haven't exactly been the most stable, not to mention the constant attacks on me and Draco." Harkin sighed, and Draco pulled her tighter against his chest./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Wait, so you made a cocoon around the twins that protects them and also inadvertently speeds up their physical and mental development." Theo stated, but it sounded more like a question, which made Draco and Harkin laugh./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, that is how powerful Draco and I are combined." Harkin stated, and everyone in the compartment stared in confusion. "You can't tell anyone. Draco and I are the most powerful couple on the planet. Because of the potion that Professor Snape created, Draco's and my core combined, and we pulled Voldemort's core from him adding it to our own. Which is how we stopped him and made him a squib, and we have his magic as well as our own." Harkin explained, and everyone stared at them in shock except Theo, who already knew from living with them./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You have Voldemort's magical core? Shouldn't that have killed him? I thought if you lost your core like that you don't survive very long." Blaise questioned, which was actually news to Harkin because she didn't know that./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""That is a thing? I didn't know that could be a thing." Harkin stated, and Draco nodded in return./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It technically is, but it is rather uncommon as of recent years, it has been banned as a punishment since the early 1600s because of how brutal and inhumane it is. But it used to be fairly common. The Ministry actually burned any books that held any spells or rituals that could remove one's core. Obviously, rewriting them without the spells they were getting rid of and burned the originals. Which thinking about I should talk to Severus about given he just created this potion, and he could possibly get in trouble for it. Though, I have gotten off point. Voldemort, can't die, which is how he survived." Draco bluntly stated, and Harkin stared at him in shock while everyone else stared at him in confusion, making Draco laugh./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Draco, how much are you going to tell them?" Harkin whispered, but given how quiet the compartment was, everyone ended up hearing anyway./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Wait, you knew this as well?" Hermione questioned, and Harkin blushed./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Kind of. It is a long story that goes back to when he held me captive, obviously. But he has horcruxes, which split one's soul apart, making them unkillable, unless you destroy to separated bit of their soul." Harkin explained, and everyone stared in horror at the couple./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""How would one split their soul? That doesn't even sound pleasant in any way." Hermione stated, and Harkin looked down./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Do you really want to know, because I know, and I would rather not." Harkin stated, and Hermione nodded. "You have to do something unspeakable." Harkin started, and she took a deep breathe. "You have to kill someone, and then you do the ritual to move your soul bit from yourself to the object that you want to hide it in." Harkin explained, and Hermione's eyes bulged in horror as did everyone except Blaise. "Blaise, you don't seem as shocked about this as everyone else?" Harkin questioned, and Blaise shrugged./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I mean if you think about the man himself, it isn't that surprising that he would be willing to kill someone for his own survival. He killed for fun and entertainment from my understanding of the man, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that he would kill someone just to make himself semi-immortal." Blaise stated, and Harkin nodded in agreement. "It honestly wouldn't surprise me if you told me, he had multiple of these 'horcruxes,' since that man was crazy and all."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""He actually had 7 horcruxes, myself included." Harkin stated, and now Blaise's eyes widened in horror./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""How? What?" Blaise stated, and Harkin started laughing, this being the first time she's ever seen Blaise lost for words./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It is a long story, but all that matters is that I am not anymore thanks to Severus' potions, and Voldemort no longer has the power to destroy the world. Draco and I are married, and we are expecting these amazing twins that will be here in a few months." Harkin stated happily as she entwined her fingers with Draco's that are still rested on her stomach, and she smiled up at him, and him back down at her./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Well, I guess, it doesn't matter as long as he can't do anything to hurt anyone anymore, and you two are happy." Blaise stated, and Harkin looked towards him in confusion./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Blaise, is something wrong?" Harkin asked, and the compartment turned towards him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yeah, I just…I don't know…feel like I am the bottom of the totem pole of this friend group, so you know I feel slightly left out. Nothing big. It's fine." Blaise stated, and Ginny was the first to wrap him in a hug, which surprised everyone in the compartment./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Sometimes you feel that way, but really you are one of the important ones in the group. I feel the same way sometimes, but Harry always is the kindest person around. Even though I'm Ron's little sister, he always made me feel like I could be a part of the group, even when Ron would protest. Yes, I had a crush on him for the longest time, but then I saw how he looked at Draco; yes, how he looked at Draco. I saw the look in his eyes last year, when he was at the Yule Ball, Harry glanced at Draco every once in a while, when Draco was twirling Parkinson around the dance floor, there was envy in his eyes that night, but he wouldn't say that, that was for sure. Though the funny thing was watching Draco glance over at Harry and the envy in his eyes when he watched Harry laughing with Ron." Ginny told the story with a laugh at the end, and she smiled up at Blaise. "I think they have loved each other for longer than either have realized." Blaise laughed at that, and he turned towards the newlyweds./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yeah, I've seen that too. Not with Harry, but definitely with Draco the look in his eyes when his name came out of the goblet of fire last year, and then goading him about not being able to last 5 minutes in the tournament. Though it was hilarious to watch him watching the first task with the dragons. He was fascinated by the dragons at first, and then when Potter's broke free, the fear on Draco's face was priceless. Though it wasn't fear for his own life, you could see it was fear for Potter's life. Then the Black Lake when Potter was running out of time, the shock of losing him was written all over Draco's face, and worsened when Ron and Delacour arose from the water without him, fear again arose in his eyes. The last task I think was the worst, watching them carry champion after champion out of the maze, and then Potter practically teleporting in front of us clutching Diggory's dead body." Blaise stated, and suddenly the temperature in the room dropped significantly, and all eyes snapped to Draco and Harkin. Harkin was suddenly unconscious as Draco held her in his arms trying to sooth her, but it looked like this wind was blowing around just her as no one else in the compartment looked effected, except maybe Draco./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Idiot." Hermione muttered as she hurried over to Harkin and Draco, and she attempted to help Draco and Theo get Harkin into a more comfortable position on the bench./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"The next morning started like any other morning, Harkin and Draco in bed relishing in their honeymoon stage, which Draco promised an actual honeymoon this summer for her birthday, snuggling and having sex. Then they packed their trunks and headed down to the dining room for breakfast. Harkin sat down, and the elves gave her a light breakfast to help her not throw up. Draco had a slightly heavier breakfast to help balance them out so Harkin could pull strength from Draco more. Draco shrunk their trunks and placed them in his pocket, and he pulled Harkin into his arms and hugged her. "I love you." Draco whispered before kissing her on the lips, and then he stepped away and took his mother's hand./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You will only be separated for a few minutes." Sirius muttered, and Harkin laughed./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, and we are practically bonded into one being, so separating us is like splitting ourself in half every time we are apart, Siri." Harkin stated. "Take the feeling you feel when separated from Remi, and multiply it by 10, that is how Draco and I feel."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I guess that makes sense." Sirius stated, and he held out a fork to Harkin./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""A fork. Really?" she questioned with a raised eyebrow, and Sirius laughed./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, it was a last-minute thing. Shut up." Sirius stated, and Harkin chuckled before grabbing the fork. She felt the jerk of the portkey, and she was suddenly standing in a small room at King's Cross Station. Draco and the rest of the group appeared in the room next to her, and she moved quickly into Draco's awaiting arms. The group made their way from the room they were in towards platform 9 and 3/4, and they ran through in pairs and onto the train on the other side. Everyone said their good-byes before climbing onto the train to find a compartment, and Draco found an empty compartment rather quickly and unshrunk their trunks and placing them in the racks above the seats. Draco then sat down and pulled Harkin into his lap, and he started playing with his wedding ring./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""No, it is fine, I just need to get used to it is all. I am not used to wearing a ring on this finger, and it will take a little while for me to get used to is all. I promise. I love the ring, because it shows people that I am yours." Draco smiled, and Harkin wrapped her fingers around his./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You don't live with them, and I am kind of glad that Draco shows a little bit more of his emotions; it is an interesting change that I think suits him actually." Theo stated, and Harkin smiled at him as she reached over and took Theo's hand and placed it on her belly next to Draco's, where the babies were kicking. "They seem more active as of late. Is that normal?" Theo asked./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""He couldn't hurt them even if he did pierce the skin, so don't worry about me or them too much." Harkin stated, which got the attention of the entire compartment./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Love, we aren't supposed to talk about that, remember?" Draco whispered in her ear, and Harkin gasped in realization./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Stubborn, grumbly, and his usual self. What is going on?" Ginny tried again, and Harkin sighed./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Fine, close the fucking door, and I'll tell you." Harkin leaned back against Draco's strong frame, and he chuckled in her ear. "Don't laugh at me, Draco." Harkin scolded as Ginny closed and locked the door. "Alright, this information does not leave this compartment under any circumstances. Understood?" Harkin stated as she stared down each and every one of their friends, who nodded at the seriousness of the look on her face. "I have a protective magical barrier around the twins in my womb that I created after Bellatrix kidnapped me during Christmas. It was my magic's way of protecting the twins, which is why they are growing faster than normal, and why I haven't exactly been the most stable, not to mention the constant attacks on me and Draco." Harkin sighed, and Draco pulled her tighter against his chest./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, that is how powerful Draco and I are combined." Harkin stated, and everyone in the compartment stared in confusion. "You can't tell anyone. Draco and I are the most powerful couple on the planet. Because of the potion that Professor Snape created, Draco's and my core combined, and we pulled Voldemort's core from him adding it to our own. Which is how we stopped him and made him a squib, and we have his magic as well as our own." Harkin explained, and everyone stared at them in shock except Theo, who already knew from living with them./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It technically is, but it is rather uncommon as of recent years, it has been banned as a punishment since the early 1600s because of how brutal and inhumane it is. But it used to be fairly common. The Ministry actually burned any books that held any spells or rituals that could remove one's core. Obviously, rewriting them without the spells they were getting rid of and burned the originals. Which thinking about I should talk to Severus about given he just created this potion, and he could possibly get in trouble for it. Though, I have gotten off point. Voldemort, can't die, which is how he survived." Draco bluntly stated, and Harkin stared at him in shock while everyone else stared at him in confusion, making Draco laugh./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Wait, you knew this as well?" Hermione questioned, and Harkin blushed./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Do you really want to know, because I know, and I would rather not." Harkin stated, and Hermione nodded. "You have to do something unspeakable." Harkin started, and she took a deep breathe. "You have to kill someone, and then you do the ritual to move your soul bit from yourself to the object that you want to hide it in." Harkin explained, and Hermione's eyes bulged in horror as did everyone except Blaise. "Blaise, you don't seem as shocked about this as everyone else?" Harkin questioned, and Blaise shrugged./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""How? What?" Blaise stated, and Harkin started laughing, this being the first time she's ever seen Blaise lost for words./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It is a long story, but all that matters is that I am not anymore thanks to Severus' potions, and Voldemort no longer has the power to destroy the world. Draco and I are married, and we are expecting these amazing twins that will be here in a few months." Harkin stated happily as she entwined her fingers with Draco's that are still rested on her stomach, and she smiled up at him, and him back down at her./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Blaise, is something wrong?" Harkin asked, and the compartment turned towards him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yeah, I just…I don't know…feel like I am the bottom of the totem pole of this friend group, so you know I feel slightly left out. Nothing big. It's fine." Blaise stated, and Ginny was the first to wrap him in a hug, which surprised everyone in the compartment./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Sometimes you feel that way, but really you are one of the important ones in the group. I feel the same way sometimes, but Harry always is the kindest person around. Even though I'm Ron's little sister, he always made me feel like I could be a part of the group, even when Ron would protest. Yes, I had a crush on him for the longest time, but then I saw how he looked at Draco; yes, how he looked at Draco. I saw the look in his eyes last year, when he was at the Yule Ball, Harry glanced at Draco every once in a while, when Draco was twirling Parkinson around the dance floor, there was envy in his eyes that night, but he wouldn't say that, that was for sure. Though the funny thing was watching Draco glance over at Harry and the envy in his eyes when he watched Harry laughing with Ron." Ginny told the story with a laugh at the end, and she smiled up at Blaise. "I think they have loved each other for longer than either have realized." Blaise laughed at that, and he turned towards the newlyweds./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yeah, I've seen that too. Not with Harry, but definitely with Draco the look in his eyes when his name came out of the goblet of fire last year, and then goading him about not being able to last 5 minutes in the tournament. Though it was hilarious to watch him watching the first task with the dragons. He was fascinated by the dragons at first, and then when Potter's broke free, the fear on Draco's face was priceless. Though it wasn't fear for his own life, you could see it was fear for Potter's life. Then the Black Lake when Potter was running out of time, the shock of losing him was written all over Draco's face, and worsened when Ron and Delacour arose from the water without him, fear again arose in his eyes. The last task I think was the worst, watching them carry champion after champion out of the maze, and then Potter practically teleporting in front of us clutching Diggory's dead body." Blaise stated, and suddenly the temperature in the room dropped significantly, and all eyes snapped to Draco and Harkin. Harkin was suddenly unconscious as Draco held her in his arms trying to sooth her, but it looked like this wind was blowing around just her as no one else in the compartment looked effected, except maybe Draco./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Idiot." Hermione muttered as she hurried over to Harkin and Draco, and she attempted to help Draco and Theo get Harkin into a more comfortable position on the bench./p
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