Runaway Mate

Harry was backed into a corner... surrounded by Wesleys... Wesleys who were trying to convince him that they were only looking out for his best interests and laughing when he tried to tell them that Tom was the good guy.

“Well... what is going on now?”

Harry’s eyes snapped to the new person in the room... Albus Dumbledore and he found himself growling at the elderly man. “I should have known you were involved with this.”

“My dear boy, were only doing this for your own good.” Dumbledore sighed, sounding tired.

“Then why didn’t you ever tell me my mother was in Slytherin?” Harry spat, lashing out as Dumbledore tried to approach him. “Why didn’t you help her get away from James?”

“My boy...”

“Why are you trying to take me away from my mate?” Harry hissed, trying to hold back his tears as he thought of Lucius.

He didn’t know what exact spell Ron hit him with... all he knew was a sudden pain and Harry was flat on the floor, screaming and thrashing. He felt Dumbledore and Percy trying to restrain him and screamed all the more as he distantly heard someone say:

“Oh my god, he’s bleeding.”

Gasping for breath and still screaming, Harry fell unconscious.

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Harry woke with no energy at all. With great effort he opened his eyes and glanced around, finding himself in the medical wing at Hogwarts, and spotting Pomfrey leaning over a desk.

“Ms. Pomfrey?” Harry coughed, instantly getting Pomfrey’s attention.

“Harry...” Pomfrey whispered, coming over to Harry’s bed and gently touching his face. “How do you feel?”

“Tired... I can’t move.” Harry sighed. “What... what happened to me?”

“Harry... you had a miscarriage.”

Harry froze, staring at Pomfrey. “Wh..what?” he gasped, feeling tears gather in his eyes.

Pomfrey looked down sadly. “You... you didn’t know?” Seeing Harry’s face Pomfrey explained. “You were less then two months pregnant... the emotional trauma of what those... those foolish children did... it caused you to have a miscarriage.” Harry closed his eyes and felt tears roll down his cheeks. “Harry... can I get anyone for you?”

“Draco... and Severus.” Harry whispered, before turning his head away from the nurse.

Harry turned back when he felt Draco’s hand on his shoulder. “Dray...” he whimpered and instantly Draco was hugging him and Harry somehow found the strength to hug his friend back.

“Sev...Dray... take me home?” Harry whispered and Severus nodded as Madame Pomfrey stepped up behind them with a small box in her hands.

“I’ve read that it helps to have a funeral...or something along those lines.” Pomfrey held out the box to Harry.

“My...” She cut him off as Severus took the box for Harry.

“Yes...” Pomfrey turned to Severus. “Get him back to his mate... they need each other.”

(Author’s Note: Here’s a pic of what a two month old baby would look like. http://www.firstscience.com/home/images/legacygallery/life_8weeks.jpg

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Harry nuzzled into Severus’ arms, not knowing how the potions professor managed to get him back to Lucius and not really caring... he spent the journey in Severus’ arms, holding the box that Pomfrey had given him.

Harry blinked as he was transferred from Severus’ arms to that of his mate, who started to whisper gently to Harry, kissing his tears away.

“Harry... tell me... tell me what happened?” Lucius whispered and Harry realized he was in their rooms. Harry gently put the box on the bed that he and Lucius were sitting on and Lucius looked down at it.

“I was pregnant.” Harry whispered. “Ron, Percy and Ginny Wesley took me from Hogwarts... the stress...” Harry blinked as tears fell from his eyes. “It caused me to miscary.”

Lucius took Harry back into his arms, holding him as he started to cry again. When Harry had let go the worst of his tears Lucius turned him so Harry could see him pick up the box. “There’s a beautiful cemetery on the grounds... it’s where all the Malfoys and their mates have been buried.” Lucius rocked Harry gently. “There’s a beautiful willow tree... we can burry the child there..and you can visit whenever you want...”

Harry turned and kissed his mate. “Thank you.” he whispered.

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Lucius pulled Harry and Draco out of Hogwarts, while Severus left his position at the school. Of course, this caused a huge uproar from every corner of the Wizarding World... people were scared that something was wrong with the school, for Lucius Malfoy to pull his heir and his mate away from the school.

As Lucius had suggested they buried their first child under the willow tree. A statue of an angel holding a child marked the grave, and nearby was a small stone bench that Lucius and Harry could sit on.

Because of the time at which the child had been miscarried it was impossible to tell if the child would have been female or male, so the child was buried with no name, only a date of death.

Two weeks after Harry buried his child, he found himself proudly walking into the Ministry of Magic. He was standing next to Lucius, as was Draco. They were at the Ministry to legalize their eventual joining and to do something that, to Harry, was even more important then legalizing his union with Lucius.

Harry was changing his name. He’d decided to, once and for all, cast away the name of ‘Potter’ and, instead, take on the name of his mate. Harry smiled as he thought of it... Harry Malfoy...

Of course, the three Malfoys were surrounded by curious witches, wizards and members of the press. Draco had taken great joy in pushing Rita Skeeter aside when she got too close and too annoying to his father and his father’s mate.

When Lucius had informed the clerk they were dealing with what exactly he wanted, the woman had started laughing until she noticed the three men staring at her angrily... then she had quickly followed their orders.

Less then an hour later the three walked out... Lucius, Draco and Harry Malfoy.

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The morning after Harry legally changed his name to Malfoy, he woke to find Lucius sitting on the bed, smiling as he held a wrapped present in his arms. “Lucius?” Harry blinked, slowly sitting up and blinking the sleep away.

“I have something for you.” Lucius smiled, placing the box in front of Harry.

“Wha?’ Harry blinked and poked the box. “Why?”

“I thought you could use some company.”

Harry slowly untied the bow and let it fall away, before reaching to lift the top off the box– when it moved. Squeaking comically Harry pulled back his hands as the box top started to lift up... and a small nose peeked out.

Harry quickly pulled the box top off and gasped in surprised when he found a small black puppy staring up at him. It was a little black lab. The puppy stared at Harry for a moment before wagging his tail happily and jumping into Harry’s lap.

Harry smiled and petted the puppy, looking up at Lucius with bright eyes. “Does she have a name?” Harry asked and Lucius shook his head.

“I thought you’d want to name her.”

Harry petted the puppy and thought for a moment. “Midnight?” The puppy glanced up and tilted it’s head to the side as Harry smiled and Lucius laughed.

“I think she likes it.” Lucius whispered, leaning over to pet Midnight. “Draco helped me get everything she needs, we just wanted you to name her before...” Lucius pulled out a red collar and magically added Midnight’s name to the tag before slipping it on her neck. “There we go.”

Harry smiled as Midnight started to lick his face before Harry leaned over and kissed his mate gently. “Thank you...” he whispered as Midnight curled up in a ball on his lap.

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Three weeks before Summer would start for the Students of Hogwarts, Tom Riddle ‘came out’ to the general public, going to the Ministry of Magic and testifying under veritaserum. The papers had gone crazy with pictures of Tom, with Severus at his side, Lucius, Draco and Harry watching as he testified with smiles on their faces and Dumbledore watching with a look of horror as his lies were shattered.

Dumbledore was also called to the stand and fed veritaserum. He was questioned about his examination of the crime scene, and was forced to admit that he knew Tom had shielded Harry, while James Potter was the one who cast Avada Kedavra.... and that James had been beating Lilly and Dumbledore had stopped her form leaving him.

Many people refused to believe that their ‘hero’ Dumbledore could have done anything like what he admitted to... the veritaserum was tested again and again, by hundreds of different wizards but every time the potion was revealed to be working perfectly... Sirius Black’s name was cleared by the Minister of Magic after an actual investigation of his ‘crimes’ was committed and no evidence was found connecting Sirius to any deaths.

Meanwhile, at Hogwarts, House tensions were at an all time high... Severus returned to the school to make sure that the Slytherins were safe, as several had already been attacked by Gryffindors... this wave of attacks had been prompted by Fred and George Wesley asking for a resorting. They had been several attempts to attack the twins before the resorting and when the two landed in Slytherine the attacks got more vicious.

Slytherins began to run from class to class in large groups and a howler arrived in the Great Hall. It was from Ms. Wesley and told Fred and George, in the most extreme language possible, that they were no longer considered to be Wesleys.

Professor McGonagall was named as Dumbledore’s successor and started to attempt to weed out the nice Gryffindors from the ones who tormented the other houses. Not surprisingly, Ron Wesley was expelled when he and several other Gryffindors attempted to rape a Slytherin Girl and were only stopped by Severus happening to come down the hall.

Ginny Wesley wasn’t thrown out, but after Ron’s expulsion and Fred/George’s going to the Slytherin Side, her parent’s decided she would be ‘better off’ home schooled.

Dumbledore, though guilty of not preventing many things from happening, was not guilty of any actual crime. Because of this he was simply ‘fired’ from being headmaster ... and this gave Dumbledore more time to organize and run the Order of the Phoenix.

Where once the Order had been a unknown organization, with Dumbledore away from Hogwarts and the Wesleys eager for revenged, the Order of the Phoenix soon made itself known.

TBC