The Cold Moon

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The Cold Moon



A sequel to New Years From Sète



Chapter 2: Check; one more move.



It was now January eighth, and Harry was a little nervous when he woke that morning. He lay there, with Draco still curled into him, and thought about what would happen at midnight. This would be the defining moment for him to have the bank call in the ministry, and bring about the threat of calling their debt. Hopefully, if everything went the way he had planned it, the Wizengamot would knuckle under the pressure, and pass the new gay rights protection laws.



Harry had also received nine deeds the day before from Mr. Brikkens, and was considering his options. Five of the deeds were from businesses in Diagon Alley, and four were from Hogsmeade. The properties, with the remaining store inventories, would net them a pretty penny, and Harry knew this. He had bought out several known stores in Diagon Alley, which were the Slug & Jiggers Apothecary, Twilfitt and Tatting\'s, Flourish & Blotts, Quality Quidditch Supplies, and Ollivander\'s of all places. In Hogsmeade, he had ended up with the Three Broomsticks, Dervish & Banges, Scrivenshaft\'s Quill Shop, and Gladrags. Gladrags cost him triple though, because of the other branches it had.



Harry knew they would control most of the textile business, along with the stationary, writing implements, and quidditch supplies. The apothecary in Diagon Alley would be his present to Draco, and he would control it.



Ollivander\'s had him concerned though, as he was hoping that Mr. Ollivander would stay on, as he promised, for a year to train another wand maker. His reason for concern was that Harry fully intended to hire gay managers to run each shop, and the employee\'s would all be batting for their team, so to speak. He was going to force the public to deal with them, or not be able to purchase their needed supplies.



Harry thought it all over, and grinned at what he had up his sleeve. He looked down at his beloved\'s blond head of hair, and began to gently stroke his fingers through it. After a few minutes of this, Draco started to stir.



"Mmmmmm, Harry". Draco mumbled out, and began to cuddle up to Harry that much more. "What time is it"?



"Oh, it\'s half eight. I think we need to get up, as the contractors are already outside, and starting to go to work". Harry stated, but still kept running his fingers through Draco\'s soft locks.



Draco was hard as a rock, and the fingers that were sliding through his hair was making it worse. Finally, he couldn\'t take it any more, and he turned his head to lightly bite one of Harry\'s nipples.



"AH! Draco, you little devil". Harry purred. "You keep that up, and I will pound you into the mattress".



Draco looked up at Harry with a cheeky grin when he said this. "Is that so"?



"Mmmhmm". Harry purred again with a slight grin.



Draco dove down to Harry\'s navel, and began to tongue the little button until he had Harry writhing in the bed. As he kept it up, he swiftly slid down the silk sheets, and uncovered Harry\'s weeping erection. When he did, it swung upwards, hitting Draco in the cheek. As soon as Draco felt the moist tip of it against his face, he turned, and took the head of Harry\'s cock in his mouth.



"Oh God"! Harry moaned as he gripped a hold of Draco\'s blond hair.



Harry\'s moan added coal to Draco\'s fire, and he began to swirl his tongue around the head of Harry\'s cock faster than before. As he did this, Draco slid on down into the bed, and took hold of the base of Harry\'s cock with his hand. When he had Harry settled down somewhat, he swallowed the huge cock down as far as he could, then began to suck him for all he was worth.



"Holy fuck"! Harry shouted, and his back arched off the bed.



Draco grinned around the cock in his mouth, and begun humming. He knew Harry wouldn\'t last much longer, so as he hummed, he started to tease the perineum between Harry\'s legs with his free fingers. It only took five more hard sucks, and Draco felt the warm spurts of cum hit the back of his throat.



"Damn, oh God help me"! Harry shouted as he tried to hunch his hips, only to be held back while he emptied himself into Draco\'s mouth.



Draco quickly straddled Harry when he settled down, and leant forward to give him a very hot kiss. "Now my dear Harry, I want to have a shower, with you inside the stall, and I will pound you into the tile wall"!



"Well, I guess turn-about’s fair play then"? Harry sighed as he looked up at his blond dragon. He couldn\'t pull off the nonchalant act, and his libido forced his lips into a toothy grin. "Come on, let\'s go have that shower".



Both young wizards leapt from the bed, and they raced each other to the, extra-large, en suite bath across the room.



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"I don\'t give a flying fuck, re-do it"! Draco snarled at the head worker.



"But, Mr. Malfoy, sir, we always place drains in several places around the walkway.



"I will not have those ghastly things obscuring the beauty of those Italian slate tiles we bought. I want the drains around the edges, not in the middle, and I want them hidden as much as possible"! Draco shouted. When he saw that the worker was going to comment again, he held up his hand, and shook his head. "I don\'t care if you have to replumb everything, just do it. What my Harry wants, my Harry will get, do I make myself perfectly clear"?



"Yes Mr. Malfoy, perfectly. I was just going to say that it would increase the cost". The worker stated as he was holding back his own temper. He knew he had to, as he was just hired after Draco had fired the three before him.



"Do I, or let me rephrase that, do we look like we can not afford this? I\'ll have you know that we spend as much in a day as you make in two months, and that is just on a whim, mind you. I could buy your company, and one hundred more just like it, and it only cost me a months income from just one of our business\'s. Now, if you want to keep working here, you will go tell that engineer what we want, and for him to follow Harry\'s drawings". Draco growled out. "Now, I am finished here, and when I come back, I better see the changes being made"!



As the worker walked off, Draco overheard him mumbling complaints. Draco slipped his wand from his sleeve, keeping it well hidden, and cursed the muggle worker with a case of severe hemorrhoids. He then placed his wand back into its holster, and walked with a light skip over to his parents villa with a devious grin upon his face.



When Draco let himself inside, Toddy popped into view in front of him. "Master Draco, Toddy was told to be fetching you when you came. Master Lucius, mistress Narcissa, and master Harry is in the den".



"Thank you Toddy, I\'ll go there then". Draco said as he watched the little house elf pop out of the kitchen. He then made his way through the villa to where his parents and lover were.



"Yes Lucius, we now own nine of them. If I can get ahold of Madam Malkin\'s, we will control the textile business. I have most of the book distributing tied up by acquiring Flourish & Blotts, plus I also bought Draco\'s present".



"Did someone say present"? Draco stated as he watched Harry jump out of his skin.



"How long have you been standing there dragon"? Harry said after he caught his breath.



"Long enough. Now what about my present"? Draco enquired as he took a seat beside Harry.



"You weren’t supposed to know about this, as I wanted to give it to you when we wed. Now you\'ve spoiled it I guess". Harry sighed and dropped his head into his hands.



Draco placed his hand on Harry\'s head, and began to run his fingers through the black messy hair. "Harry, I will love whatever it is just as much now as I would have then. As long as I have you, I couldn\'t want much else".



Harry lifted his head and looked into Draco\'s eyes at this. He knew Draco meant what he said, as he saw nothing but love coming from the blond’s expression. "I uh, I have a piece of parchment for you to sign then". Harry said as he reached for the deed on the table in front of them.



After Harry handed him the parchment, Draco pulled Harry into a kiss before he even looked at what it said. "I will always love you my lion, no matter what. My greatest gift will be you beside me on our wedding day".



Harry breathed out a sigh of relief at Draco\'s statement, and watched the man he loved unroll the parchment, and read the deed. At Draco\'s shocked expression, Harry pulled the blond into him, and gave him a chaste kiss. "It\'s all yours my dragon, and I bought this just for you, because I love you from the bottom of my heart".



"But Harry, how on earth"? Draco stammered out. "I mean, I love this gift, but how did you get it"?



"Oh, well, our dear Mr. Brikkens has been watching all the businesses within Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade since I left. I guess several have wanted to retire and get out while the getting was good. Nine of them had accumulated some rather high debt with Gringotts, and they were allowed to absolve their debt if they all agreed to be bought out for 50,000 galleons each. Gladrags cost three times that over their other branches though". Harry huffed. "Of course our dear barrister snatched them up as quickly as possible for us. You see, each business was supplying the ministry with product, and when the ministry couldn\'t pay its bills, they were all going to go bankrupt. Now, after you sign that deed, you will be the proud owner of the Slug & Jiggers Apothecary in Diagon Alley, lock, stock, and cauldron".



At the end of Harry\'s explanation, Draco grabbed two handfuls of Harry\'s raven hair, and kissed him almost brutally. "Don\'t ever let anyone say that my lover doesn\'t care about me, because he truly does. You\'re the best of the best Harry Potter, and I love you all the more for it"! Draco choked out with unshed tears in his eyes.



"I love you my blond dragon, and I always will. I will not let anything, ever, part us again, and this I give my solemn vow. Really, I already did that didn\'t I; my oath as a wizard". Harry softly stated, and gave Draco another peck on the lips. He had forgotten he was still sitting in front of Draco\'s parents.



"What did you do Harry"? Narcissa asked.



"Mother, when Harry came here, he swore to me with a wizards oath, that he would never let us be apart again. I just want to marry this man as quickly as possible, and I\'m thinking I like Valentines day for the date". Draco softly explained, as he wiped the tears from his eyes with a linen napkin, and looked back to his beloved Harry.



Harry sat there dumbfounded for a minute before he could get himself to speak. Finally, he looked over to Lucius who was taking everything in with stride. "Uh, Lucius, would you care to get that box that I had you keep for me"?



Lucius smiled at Harry when he asked this. "Yes I can do that son, and I will be just a minute, so hold that thought".



"Harry, what\'s going on"? Draco asked, and received a long kiss for his answer.



Lucius handed Harry the small black box, and Harry slipped off the loveseat onto his knee. He looked up at Draco from where he knelt, and held out the small box, which was now open. "Draco Lucius Malfoy, would you kindly take my hand in marriage, and be my husband"?



Draco looked like a fish out of water for a few moments, as his mouth worked without any sound. He stared at the small box that held two platinum rings. The silver bands were engraved with runes that spelled out devotion, happiness, and eternal love. Harry took one of the bands and slid it onto Draco\'s trembling left ring finger. When Harry did this, Draco\'s eyes started to water.



"Yes Harry, yes I will marry you"! Draco all but shouted, and threw his arms around Harry\'s neck, pulling him into a long hot kiss. When they had to pull apart to breathe, Draco pulled Harry off of the floor, and almost onto his lap. "I\'m just so happy that I don\'t know what else to say". Draco finished as he buried his head into Harry\'s chest.



"Oh my". Narcissa whimpered as she looked on at the two. When everyone turned to look at her, she patted her eyes with a silk handkerchief, and smiled at them with trembling lips. "That\'s the most heart warming scene I have ever witnessed. Just think, a wedding this quick, and it will be the wedding of the century"!



Draco groaned at this, and Lucius felt his wallet grow lighter at the thought. Finally, Draco got up the nerve to speak. "Yes mother, you can arrange the wedding for us".



"Really"? Narcissa remarked with a huge smile. "Oh dear, we will not have much time. I shall start ordering the invitations today. I\'ll make a list, and you two can look it over. Oh, there will be so much work to do, I just have to get started right away"! Narcissa said as she stood, and practically ran out of the room.



"Now, Harry, what were the other businesses you purchased, that you were speaking with father about"? Draco asked, quickly changing the subject due to his cringing father.



Harry rattled off all nine businesses, and when he was finished, Draco brought up the most important question. "Ollivander\'s? How will we run this, and who will we hire for a wand maker"?



"I must admit, I am highly curious about that myself". Lucius stated as he looked on at his son, and his sons offical fiance.



"I think that Mr. Ollivander has someone in mind, but I\'m not for sure whom. However, if they carry the same bigoted beliefs as the rest of Britain’s wizarding public does, then they will not get the job, and I\'ll find someone else. Every store manager will stand behind our beliefs, or better yet, be one of us. I want to practically rub it in the publics face when they have to make their purchases. After everything they have done to Draco and I, I fully intend to keep gouging them every chance I get. If I can tie up every important business, I will milk every last soul there, of every last knut they have, until their dying day". Harry explained with a huge smirk.



"Well, I can assure you that Salazar Slytherin himself could have never produced the coup that you have Harry, and for that I am proud to have you in our family. You have most definitely made this old man proud". Lucius said. "Now, anyone for a drink? I think a nice scotch on-the-rocks is called for to celebrate this momentous occasion.



"Father, you\'re not that old! Really, by the way we age, you\'re in your prime". Draco remarked.



"Ah son, if you had been cursed by that thing, as much as I have been, you would not be so chipper either. I highly doubt that I will have the longevity of other wizards, as my body has taken too many beatings. You know, people always wondered why I used a cane at my age, but if they only knew of the punishments that I have taken, and all of it to save our kind mind you, then maybe they would change their tune". Lucius remarked as he poured them three drinks. "Then again, I highly doubt they would. People like Severus and myself were spat upon when the war ended, even though we were spies for the light. They can never trust us again, because we were in his ranks, and that sits wrong with people. Even though we brought the light their needed information, the ones in the order even turned their noses up at us in the end. That is why, my dear sons, we fled Britain for the mainland, where the people here see us in a different light". Lucius finished and took a drink of his scotch.



Harry shook his head at this. "Lucius, I\'ll see to it you live a long life, and that you have the very best in healers to be found. I wont have it any other way". Harry commented. "I am also contemplating having Severus\'s body moved here, and having him buried in a nice plot in the local wizarding cemetery. All they gave the man was a small plot in the back of the old cemetery at Hogsmeade, and a small stone with just his name and the dates. I think he deserves way better than that, especially, after what all I know about the man now".



"Yes Harry, you were kept in the dark about many things, Severus included. However, my godfather should have treated you much better than he did. Jealousy can cause a hatred that consumes you, and believe me, I had that problem too. Now though, I have you, and I would not have it any other way". Draco said, and finished by giving Harry a chaste kiss.



"I wouldn\'t have it any other way either my dragon". Harry said as he gave Draco another quick kiss, and stood up. "Now, let me run Narcissa down, and see if she would be interested in running these clothing stores for us".



"Well" Lucius said with a cough, "That may help keep her mind off the wedding somewhat, and keep her from draining my vaults prematurely".



"Father"! Draco exclaimed, as he watched Harry snicker and leave the room.



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"But Minister, you have to understand, that group is up to something, I can just feel it"! Percy Weasley shouted, as he paced back and forth across Kingsley Shacklebolt’s office.



"Calm down Percy, they haven\'t done anything yet, and we still have a few days before they said they would act. Since Harry has left, they may not be as courageous as they once were. We\'ll sit back and see what happens for now". Kingsley said as he watched the red headed man stop mid-stride.



"Yes, but minister, if things keep happening, the bank could balk, and we don\'t have the tax base to cover what we owe. If they were to call our debt, we would be in a terrible position"! Percy exclaimed, hoping that Kingsley would see reason.



"Look Percy, we just don\'t have the manpower to chase down a bunch of gay activists right now. I highly doubt they will act out like they once would have, because I don\'t think they have the nerve to do it anymore. Harry Potter gave them their hope, and now that he\'s gone, they don\'t have a figurehead to look up to". Kingsley stated, trying to calm the Weasley man down.



"I\'m telling you now minister, I think you\'re wrong. If anything else happens, don\'t say I never told you so". Percy said as he turned, and walked out of the draughty office.



Kingsley Shacklebolt sighed and dropped his head into his hands. He never wanted to be the minister, it was just asked of him, or no, it was forced upon him, and now he was stuck to deal with the problem the public had caused. Hell, he didn\'t have any problems with gay rights, it was just that most of the public, and the Wizengamot did. He shook his head as he thought about all of this, and turned around in his chair to stare out of his window. \'I know Harry is behind this in some way, but he\'s left too clean of a trail to catch him. In a way, if it is him, I hope he succeeds\'. Kingsley thought to himself. If it kept going on the way it was, he was ready to relinquish his seat, and let someone else have the reigns. He was tired of all the fighting and bickering, and what they all had brought down upon themselves, he thought, and just maybe, they deserved it.



Kingsley stood from his chair, and headed out the door to the auror’s office. He had to go see John Dawlish, and get his report on the surveillance of the foreclosed ministry buildings.



















Thanks again for all your reviews and get-well wishes!



Sorry for the delay folks. I have skilled nursing coming in now, and I have to take blood thinner shots twice a day. I\'ve not been resting well over it, so I\'ve not felt like writing like I normally would. This won’t end until this coming Saturday (my last dose), so it may take some time for my updates. At least I\'m not stuck in the hospital until Saturday!



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