Hadrian sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose, "yes Draco, that was Dobby. He was your family's elf until second year. He's a free elf now, and chooses to work for me. Now what was it that you wanted to talk about? Something with your parents?"

Draco cleared his throat, "yes, well, I expect a more detailed explanation about the elf later."

Blaize nudged Draco in the side, whispering in his ear, "get to the point Drac."

"Right," said Draco, "my father wants to have a meeting with you."

"And why does your father want to meet me?" asked Hadrian. "He hates me."

"The Dark Lord saw the article about you and Theo," explained Draco. "He declared the Nott's and anyone who associates with them enemies."

"And since you're friends with me that makes you and your parents enemies of the Dark Lord also," finished Theo.

Hadrian frowned, "So they want me to keep them safe?"

Draco nodded his head, "yes, and for what it's worth I'd really appreciate it."

Hadrian turned to Theo, "he's your friend. What do you think we should do, love?"

Theo looked up into Hadrian's eyes, "The Malfoy's have done a lot for me. They always gave me a place to stay when my father was being… unreasonable," said Theo. "I think we should help them."

Hadrian smiled gently down at his husband, "alright, love, we can do that."

Turning back to Draco he sighed, "when do your parents want to meet?"

Draco swallowed, "my father would like to meet as soon as possible."

Hadrian frowned in thought, "Hmmm, let them know I can meet with them tomorrow at lunch. Tell them to use the floo address Founders Heir Suit."

Draco took a deep breath before expelling it, "Thank you, Hadrian. You're a good friend."

When Draco finished speaking Theo popped up from where he was sitting, "good, now that's done with why don't you two help us go through everything here." Theo gestured to the library, "Draco why don't you and Blaize start in the library. Hadrian and I will work in on the study."

"Oh uh ok," muttered Blaize, "we can do that. He grabbed Draco's hand and pulled him towards the library.

As their friends headed off into the library Hadrian scooped Theo up and carried him off into the study where he planted him on top of the desk and pulled him into a deep kiss. Ending Hadrian gently pushed Theo to lay down across the desk Theo pulled out of the kiss.

"Wait," he said as he reached under himself, "there's something hard under me that's uncomfortable." Theo pulled out an envelope addressed to Hadrian. Sighing he flopped back against the desk as he handed the envelope to Hadrian.

Hadrian took the envelope from Theo and went to set it aside when Theo grabbed his wrist.

"No wait," Theo said, "we should read that and get to work here."

Hadrian grumbled as he rested his forehead against Theo's. "You're right, love. But we are going to continue this later," he said as he pressed small kisses over Theo's face.

Theo gave Hadrian a chaste kiss and replied, "hmm, I'd love to continue this later tonight. Now what does that letter say?"

Hadrian opened the letter and a key topped with a lion fell out along with a letter. Pocketing the key and opening the letter Hadrian read:

Lord Gryffindor,

Welcome to your den. It was very brave of you to take the leap of faith needed to find these rooms. We hope you make good use of the materials found in the library and study. While you may have noticed Lord Slytherin was responsible for curating classes, Lord Gryffindor is responsible for the security of our hallowed school. Here you will find all the materials needed to do that.

Hogwarts

P.S. Lord Ravenclaw may want to take a look at his nest.

"So I guess we need to find the Ravenclaw chambers next?" asked Theo.

"Yeah," answered Hadrian, "Where do you suppose we'll find that? The Library?"

Theo shrugged, "probably. Let's worry about that later and go through everything in here."

They went through everything on the desk and shelves and found a lot of information about the security of the castle. Apparently the moving staircases had a purpose. They were meant to make it more difficult for attackers to move about the castle. The fact that they were moving while not under attack, however, was a bit concerning. Looking into it farther they found that the stairs could be turned off by accessing the warding stone that was hidden somewhere in the school. It seemed that the moving armor knights and trick stairs were all part of Hogwarts security.

They also found detailed diagrams for putting protection runes on the school. These diagrams showed where to put each rune in the school, what runes to use and even how and when to renew them.

"Ugh," groaned Hadrian, "this is all great, but what would be really helpful is if we could find where the wording stone is."

Theo sighed "I know it doesn't seem like the location is kept here. Maybe Godric Gryffindor knows. We could always wake up his portrait and ask."

Hadrian snorted, "it looks like we'll have to. I'm not that surprised though, I don't think the location of the ward stone is something you'd want to have written down."

"That makes sense," replied Theo as he cast a tempus, "we only have a few minutes left of lunch. We'll have to wake him at another time."

Hadrian looked at Theo's tempus, "shit, we should get Draco and Blaize and go. We'll have to run to make it in time for potions."

Draco and Blaize entered the Library and began to look around. A few minutes later they both heard a thump and a low moan from the next room over.

Draco snickered, "yeah, they really wanted us in here so they could explore the study alone."

Blaize smirked at him, "maybe we should explore the library."

Draco pulled a sour face, "no thanks, if we can hear them then they'll be able to hear us. Don't really fancy that."

Blaize laughed and leaned down to kiss Draco's cheek, "alright love. How about we each choose a shelf and see if we can find anything interesting."

They each chose a shelf and began going through the books. Blaize found himself looking through what felt like centuries worth of Defence against the Dark Arts textbooks. Draco on the other side of the room let out a quiet gasp when he found himself looking at a whole shelf of books written by Godric Gryffindor himself. There were of course books on warding and DADA. But then there were also some more unusual books, with titles such as Protecting Oneself Using Household Spells or the one entitled Muggle Vs. Muggle: How Muggles Defend Against Other Muggles. Just when Draco was getting drawn into the books he found Hadrian and Theo burst into the room.

"We have to go guys," shouted Hadrian.

"If we don't go now we'll be late for potions," said Theo.