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“Lord Malfoy”
He growled out.
“I think kidnapping is illegal. Especially, when it’s the boy-who-lived.”
He began to stalk towards Lucius. Harry was stopped suddenly by another scent and a soft voice from behind him.
“Please, my lord, my dominant, please do not harm our mate. My Lucius, my love. Please.”
Harry relaxed as a woman, the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes upon came into view to stand beside her husband.
“Lady Malfoy, am I to understand that I am safe here. Me, Harry Potter, am safe in the home of Death Eaters.”
She looked up at him then, and he let his features revert to normal. She searched his face, and he swept his hair back revealing the scar that was still there. Lucius even looked up as she gasped.
“How, you are not the boy my son tells us of?”
“My birthday is today, I came into my inheritance. I was just leaving Gringotts when your husband grabbed me and disapparated us here. I learned many things there. One, I am a Draken of Emrys’s line. Two, I am lord of five Ancient and Noble houses. Three, Dumbledore is not as pure as everybody thinks. Four, I have two mates, a veela and a neko, and every instinct in me is telling me it's you two. So tell me, how is it, that magic saw fit to mate me with two people who hate me and what I stand for.”
This time it was Lucius who spoke up.
“Dominant, please sit and listen to our story. I am not a death eater by choice.”
Harry sat, his eyes suspicious and a spell on his tongue.
“Those claims of being imperiused, yes they were lies, but I might as well have been. I went to the Dark Lord on my own at first. He was charismatic, and I had been raised on the ideals of blood purity and separation from muggles. Then, I came into my inheritance. Mine came late as my father had placed blocks on me. Blocks that kept it at bay. That is until the dark lord cruciod me and my magic needed to heal me. I am a veela, and he tortured me for it. I wasn’t pure anymore, but I was useful, my family had power. I found my first mate, the first time Narcissa was brought to me. It was an arranged marriage and she was younger than I. As soon as we could we slipped away to Gringotts to confirm some things. We found out we were both submissives. Our dominant mate was a Draken, a race considered all but extinct. We have waited twenty years for you. Twenty years in which we were able to have a son. Those loyal to the dark lord kept us under watch, kept us under threat if we did not act our part. Now he threatens our boy, you must have seen Draco this past year. Our lives were on the line if he did not fulfill his commands. We taught Draco in secret, he doesn’t believe in blood purity either, but we all have had to do what we must. Please, I beg you, forgive us, keep us safe.”
“Is Tom here right now? Is Draco? You must come with me, right now. With Draco and only what you can carry. You must leave all this behind, at least until the war is over. I will not make you fight but you must promise to leave Riddle. If you can do that, then I believe we can work on this. I will give you a safe place to stay, but we must leave now.”
He looked at them expectantly but not with malice. His new instincts told him that Lucius was sincere. It would take work but they were family now, he could feel it coming off both of them.
“Yes, yes we will go with you. Love, go find Draco, have him pack a trunk. Only what is needed. We can buy anything else. I’ll go pack our things. We will meet back here in ten minutes. Mitsy, Tippy.”
Two house elves popped in.
“Mitsy, take Mistress Narcissa to Draco then help them prepare. Tippy please apparate me to our room. Then stay with us. I will have more instructions when we meet back here. Ten minutes, that is all we can take.”
They popped away. Harry disillusioned himself and stayed on alert. He knew Death Eaters were in the house, even if Voldy wasn’t. Sure enough less than ten minutes later three people and two house elves popped back into the room. Not able to help himself, Harry disillusioned himself directly in front of Draco who would have screamed if Harry hadn’t clamped a hand over his mouth.
“Luc, Cissy, are we ready to go? Hello, Draco, we can explain once we are out of here. I need you to come here, I have a portkey.”
Narcissa stepped over, grabbing his arm, but Lucius took a moment to bend down.
“Tippy, Mitsy, you have served us well, as have all our elves. We must leave for a time. Please hide yourselves. Tell the others. We will be back when we can. Until then keep our home safe. Keep each other safe. I promise we will return.”
Then Lucius stood and came to grab Harry’s other arm. Harry pulled out the portkey, just as the doors burst open. “ Portus ” There was the familiar tugging at his navel, as the image of an enraged Bellatrix disappeared before him. Moments later, all four landed just outside the door of Potter Manor. He looked down at his mates.
“Welcome home. Let’s go inside, we have much to discuss.”
He led them inside, keeping a hand on Draco as well. Didn’t want the boy to get a shock or worse trying to get in. As soon as they stepped inside, they all got a surprise as a house elf popped up in front of them.
“Oh dear, oh dear. Dopsy not be knowing, Lord Potter, master Dopsy is sorry, Dopsy not knowing a new master be coming.”
She moved to wring her ears but Harry shouted out.
“Stop, Dopsy stop. I did not know I even had this manor until today or that it came with an elf or are there more of you. Potter elves to me.”
There were multiple pops until six elves stood before them.
“Ok, we have met Dopsy, who are the rest of you and what do you do?”
“Bitsy be your cook Master.”
“Wipsy be Head elf and nanny for babies”
“Redan be groundskeeper”
“Tipsy, Dipsy and Dopsy, be personal elves master.”
“Ok, thank you all, I can tell that you take care of this place. Bitsy I believe a bit of tea and biscuits would do. Then a late lunch. Redan, the grounds looked amazing, please keep up the good work. Tipsy, you will help Draco, Dipsy, please take care of my mates, and Dopsy I will be taking you on as my elf. You three, we need three rooms prepared. Make sure mine and Lord and Lady Malfoy’s rooms are connected. Please place Draco nearby, until we can explore and he can pick his own room. Now Wipsy, no babies at the moment, but if you could lead us to the sitting room, then help Bitsy with lunch that will be most helpful. Later tonight we will go over rules. No self punishment until we have that talk.”
He turned to the Malfoy family, who were all staring at him a bit in awe and confusion. He gave his best charming smile, one side of his mouth pulling up a little higher than the other.
“Everything ok? Shall we?”
“Potter, did you just call my parents, your mates?”
Draco was paler than usual.
“Come on Draco, we can discuss this in the next room and if you're gonna go by last names, it's Potter-Black-Peverell-Gryffindor-Emrys. I would prefer you call me Harry though.”
Harry gave a smirk.
“Wipsy, shall we.”
Wipsy led them down a bit of the hallway. It wasn’t Malfoy Manor, but it was well decorated. It had a homey quality that Malfoy Manor seemed to lack, though that might have been the charade that family had to present. Harry was in awe. This was his and if things worked out, he had people to share it with. Yes they were older, but one of the things Nograk had explained was that creatures lived far longer than even wizards and were able to have children longer as well. That was a weird thought. He knew submissives of both genders could bear children. He also knew instinctively, that while Lucius and Narcissa had Draco, no matter how much they tried they could not have another child until their dominant, him, came into their lives. He had always wanted a family, could this actually work out to give him one. They made it to the sitting room. It was decorated in warm shades of peach and cream colors. It was nice but he was redecorating to be more modern soon. It would do for now however.
“Please, sit.”
Harry took an armchair as did Draco, while Lucius and Narcissa took a loveseat.
“So Draco, yes I called you parents my mates. That is what they are. Look, this is weird and awkward. I just came into my inheritance today and it came with so much information. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around things all day. Lucius explained all that’s been happening to your family and I couldn’t leave you all there. I wish I had taken your hand that first day, you just reminded me of my bully cousin, and I despise bullies. Plus Ron and Hagrid had already told me that all evil wizards come from Slytherin. You know the hat wanted to put me there, I had to beg not to be placed there. That idea changed after our third year. Peter Pettigrew was a Gryffindor and yet he gave my parents up to be murdered. I just want all three of you to know. The past is the past, I am over it, you’re forgiven. Please forgive me as well, especially you Draco.”
Draco looked like he was about to speak, when Lucius suddenly gasped out in pain and fell to the floor. He was clutching his left arm. Narcissa screamed out.
“It’s the mark. He’s trying to kill Lucius through it.
Harry quickly pinned Lucius to the floor with his magic. He only did so to keep the man from thrashing. He then let instinct take over. He grabbed Lucius’s arm on either side of his mark and reached out with his magic. He could feel it, that dark energy pulsing into Lucius. It was attacking his mate’s core and it was killing him. He pushed his own magic deeper, wrapping it like a barrier around the dark magic. He then began pulling those dark strands up and out of Luc. Harry made sure he left his mate’s core intact as he fought Tom. He thought of the idea of having a family. He thought of his love for his friends, for Remus and Tonks, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and even Luna. He had family, people who loved and cared for him, and now he had more. With that thought, he pulled as hard as he could, pouring all that love into it, as if it was the most powerful patronus. Finally, the dark magic was gone, evaporated into thin air.
Harry opened his eyes and released his magic hold on Lucius. The man sat up and ripped his sleeve up his arm. Everyone gasped as the skin was bare. Harry had magically burned the mark away, leaving his arm bare. It was interesting being this close to Lucius, and Narcissa who had kneeled down beside him. They were beautiful, both of them. In her worry, some of Narcissa’s Neko traits had popped through. Those ears and tail were way too cute for a woman who seemed to be made of ice most of the time. Lucius’s veela and his draken responded. Merlin, Lucius was pretty. Both looked at him in awe, and apparently his draken had come out in full. He could feel his wings wrapping around all three of them. He growled deep in his chest, comforting his mates. It was a promise to take care of them. He heard a responding trill from Lucius as well as a purring from Cissy. Suddenly, he remembered Draco and quickly pulled back his wing until they sat behind him. He turned to Draco with trepidation, but Draco rushed past him to kneel by his father. He was amazed when Luc showed him the bare flesh on his previously marked arm. In a surprise gesture, Draco hugged his father tight before turning to Harry and throwing his arms around the draken.
“All is forgiven, if you already care enough to do that for my father, who am I to get in the way. Who knows, I came into my own inheritance a few weeks ago. I probably have a mate or mates as well. Just promise me I don’t have to call you dad or something equally disturbing.”
Draco shuddered at the thought although it gave Harry pause. Harry reached out a hand like Draco had done nearly six years ago.
“Not unless you decide you want to. For now let's just make it Harry, and maybe a friend.”
Draco shook the offered hand.
“In that case call me Drake or Dray, all my true friends do.”
They all took their seats again, though Harry now sat between Cissy, and Luc. They drank their tea and got to know each other. Wipsy came and got them at some point, practically demanding they eat the lunch prepared for them. Draco then pardoned himself to go explore a bit. Harry, Luc, and Cissy settled back on the couch. They talked about everything. Harry decided to lay everything out before them. They were horrified when he talked about how the Dursleys treated him. Cissy clung to him as he told them of each school year. Luc held back a bit, not used to showing such emotion and affection. He let Harry throw an arm over his shoulder though. Finally, they were just talking about anything that came to mind.
Wipsy came again and got them for supper. Draco was there, and they talked about his inheritance. They made plans for all three Malfoys to get checked out at Gringotts just to be sure. Harry needed to go to Grimmauld Place, and settle a few things with the Order. He sent Dopsy to collect his things from the Leaky Cauldron. Then it was decided that a shopping trip was in order. Harry needed an entirely new wardrobe. All of the Malfoys needed things as well.
Finally, it was time to go to bed. Draco said goodnight to his parents, giving his mother a kiss on the cheek. Once he was in his room, Harry showed Luc and Cissy their room. He mentioned that if they needed anything, he was just through the door. Cissy went up on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek. Harry said goodnight and turned to leave but felt a hand on his arm. Luc pulled him back and gave him a chaste kiss on the lips.
“Thank you, for saving my life and for saving my family. We can make this work.”
Harry blushed as he mumbled that it was nothing and went to turn in. He lay there for an hour, tossing and turning. He heard the door open from his mates room and a soft “Harry” call out. He motioned his mates over to his bed, and they slipped under the covers with him. He pulled both of them to his chest, growling contentedly. Within moments all three of them were asleep. Tomorrow was a new start for all of them.