He didn't have time

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He didn’t have time

By

Angelwings


Chapter 6 “Secret life of a Hufflepuff”

Harry was in shock he didn’t notice he was burning his own hand with the hot tea he had been pouring.

“Harry!” Remus’ shout brought him out of his daze and in to the reality of pain. He gave a shout of pain ended up dropping the tea pot as well.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine. Just being my clumsy self is all. No worries moony. Would you mind finishing severing tea while I tend to my hand a bit?” The young healer waved his wand and the tea service was repaired with another wave it now had fresh tea.

“Sure Harry you go get cleaned. Besides it’s time for the Twins to have there lunch and naps. Why don’t you tend to them and I’ll take care of these Slytherins?” Harry look relived at the escape which caused the were-wolf to look over to his mate in question. Said Mate was pointing at their blonde guest in blame. Harry took no notice as he wrapped his injured hand is his handkerchief.

“Thanks Moony.” Then he turned and smiled to there guest. “I’ll owl you the potions by the end of the day Mr. Malfoy.” Then the Hufflepuff made a hasty retreat to the nursery.

“Alright you two what did you do to Harry?”

“Honestly Remus don’t I even get a hello? No you just jump in to the accusations.”

“Lucius anytime you and Severus are together Trouble happens and Mayhem is sure to follow.” Remus glared as he prepared the tea. He had been in the kitchen finishing making their lunch when he heard the crash. Afraid his mate might be hurt he ran in to the living room to see he cub burning himself and the Slytherins doing nothing but glaring at one another.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been so insulted.”

“Yes you have so just shut up you prat. Remus I did nothing to Potter, but Lucius Mentioned Draco and, well you know the rest.”

“You didn’t.” The werewolf collapsed on the chair in disbelief. “Damn it Lucius you know you can’t say his name around Harry. Now we won’t see him for a week. He’ll hide in the lab or the nursery till he calmed down.”

“I don’t know why you both protect him so much. Harry and Draco would be happy together and you know as much; I do that they are soul mates.”

“We don’t know that. Lucius stop pretending to be Trelawney and think for a moment. Harry has lost enough right now, thanks to that son of a bitch bastard, he is completely shattered. If it were not for the twins I don’t think he would be alive.” Severus was angry, angrier than he ever had been. He stood towering over the Blonde Slytherin shaking in rage.

“You don’t give the boy much credit or believe he’s stronger than you think he is!” Lucius stood in the Potion master’s face, meeting the man’s rage with his outrage. “Wake up Severus the boy is a man now with a family of his own. He has strength and courage more than you’ll ever know! So grow up, both of you, and let him fight his own battles. Whether it is a fight with others or a fight with his own heart and soul, let him fight them. Harry is strong enough he’ll always over come.”

“What the Hell are you talking about? Harry has never really been out side or left the safety of Hogwarts, until he met that arsehole. He is completely sheltered!” Remus was torn he didn’t know whether to jump between them or stun them. In the end he ended up putting up silencing charms around them when they started to yell. Both wizards seem to know different sides of the same Harry, but knew that both sides loved Draco deeply.

“Harry my have been put into Hufflepuff but he is more cunning then any Slytherin including you. He has such courage and bravery to put all Gryffindors to shame. He was there in the graveyard when the dark lord called for a sacrifice during the tri wizard c. He was the one to save the Diggory boy. He Sealed the Chamber of secrets in his second year. He even saved my life during the final battle! Trust me when I tell you, you don’t know him as well as you think you do.” Lucius was breathing heavily at the end of his rant but Merlin these men were naïve and stubborn.

Severus was, well shocked would be an enormous understatement to what he was feeling. This couldn’t be his godson. Remus was horrified at the thought that Harry was on the field in danger when they told him to stay in the castle. Both Wizards were trying to come to terms that their child had a whole other life that he kept from them. Then it hit that The Lord Malfoy knew more about Harry’s secrets than they did.

“How do you know all this? How can we even know what you say is true.” Severus glared at his long time self proclaimed friend.

“Merlin, but you are Stubborn. I was there in the Grave yard. He followed his house mate because he some how knew it was a trap. He went in there to prevent anyone from getting hurt. He was the one to stun the others and the tournament would have been a draw but Cedric was under Impervious got to the cup. Harry was barely able to grab hold of his housemate before the port key activate. I saw him defend Diggory against Wormtail who tried to bind him to the grave stone for the Draining of power. The Dark Lord wanted to increase his power and youth and since the stone had been destroyed the only other was to take it from a young Powerful witch or wizard. Harry dueled the Death Eaters and even the Dark Lord to keep him away from Diggory so the boy could find the port-key they both barely managed to escape.

“I did my best to help them with out blowing my cover but Harry was an amazing dueler for just 14 years of age.” The two parents couldn’t help but beam with pride of their adopted son. “The other events I know came from reliable sources. Look I didn’t come here to bring up a past Harry doesn’t want you to know anything about. I came here to let him know that Draco was leaving England. I don’t know for how long, but those of us that want him to be happy with Harry are working to get them together.”

“What do you mean by ‘we’? Who else knows these things about Harry?”

“Severus not now. Lucius if what you say is true then may be we have been too overprotective. We were blinded by our own love and need to keep him safe. Please will you tell us what we missed that made him the man he is?” Remus pleaded with the Slytherin. He knew they had held their godson so tight that he slipped away from them.

“It’s not my place.” Lucius knew he had over stepped the line by bring up Harry’s past but it was too late now. Then his conscious gave him a healthy dose of guilt for bringing it up and hurting his friends. “Come to the manor after Draco leaves and I’ll tell you about the finale battle. Draco is an excellent spy and can’t hide anything from him, but this is one of those things that Harry has to tell Draco himself.”

“We understand. Thank you. Well Severus All this time we thought we were protecting Harry it turns out he was protecting us and everyone else.” The Werewolf smiled sadly at his mate.

“So it would seem.” The Potion master took his mate in his arms offering and taking comfort from each other. Then he glared at their guest. “Are you sure your son is worthy of our Harry or our Grandchildren?”

“Of course he is. Draco is a Malfoy after all.” Ignoring the eye rolls of his companions he continued. “Draco has always loved children and he desperately wanted siblings when he was little, but as he got older he then told me he was glad he didn’t have any brothers or sisters. This confused me so I asked him what had changed his mind. He said ‘I’m glad I’m an only child that way my little brother or sister will never have to be hurt by her.’ Narcissa was cruel and vindictive she would cruse him to train him for the dark lord. So believe me when I tell you Draco will love those babes just as much as he loves Harry.”

Remus Looked to Severus and received a slight nod. Then he turned back to Lucius with a small smile. “What can we do to help?”


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“Hello, my darlings. Have you been good for Winky?” Harry picked up little Sirius and gave his a kiss on the cheek.

“Master Severus and Master Sirius are always good for Winky. They is very good Babies.” Winky smiled as she hand Harry a bottle for the afternoon feeding. Harry sat in rocking chair and marveled at how perfect his children were and silently renewed his promise to them.

“Master wishes anything else?” Winky was always eager to please. She was bouncing off the walls when she learn she was going to have a baby to watch over again it took three days to calm her down when they told her it would be twins.

“Nothing right now, thank you.” The young father watched his youngest son fed hungrily and sighed. ‘Draco Malfoy.’ He hadn’t seen him in over a year, and now the Slytherin was leaving England. He didn’t know what hurt more when he heard he was dating Nott or knowing he was leaving the country. It hurt and he had no reason to feel like he was being left all over again. ‘Draco was never mine. It’s better this way.’ At least that’s what his mind would repeat over and over again. His Heart on they other hand had something different to say. ‘You love him and you always have. Don’t let him leave!” Harry shook the very thought out of his head and he finished feeding his Siri and then picked up Sev and repeated the process. Once they were both changed ready for their nap he gathered them in his arms and rocked them to sleep.

“Once upon a time there was an evil Wizard who wanted to take control of the world of magic. He fought the wizards and witches of the light for many years without sign of relenting. This constant battling had taken a toll on the Dark lord. His magic and forces were fading as he got older. The strain on his body and on his magic core would cause him to grow weaker instead of stronger as he got older like a normal wizard. So the Evil wizard sought out the Sorcerer’s stone… With the stone he could create an elixir that would grant him his youth and strengthen his magic. All he needed was the stone. The leaders of the light knew this and so took the stone and hid it from the Dark lord in the one place, he wouldn’t be able to get in to, Hogwarts.” The Twins watched their father with curious and wondrous bright green eyes.

“Hogwarts is the safest place in the wizarding world. It’s stood through wars and time to teach young witches and wizards magic and guard safe the traditions that has kept the world of magic together through the trial and tribulations of muggles. Some witches and wizards were more adventurous and smarter than others. As five young wizards and two young witches entered their first year they had no idea that they would be the ones to stop the stone from being taken by a Death Eater.” Harry watched his son yawn as the tried to stay awake. He sighed as he remembered his first year attending Hogwarts.

“It was the first time Slytherins and Gryffindors worked together with the help of one shy Hufflepuff.” Looking back he couldn’t believe they survived their first year. “It all started with the daily Prophet’s big story on the Break in at Gringgotts…”

Harry recounted how Ron and Neville came bursting into the Hospital wing with the paper. Ron had been very excited because it had been the same day they were there getting money for school supplies. But all Harry could remember of there day of shopping was Seeing Draco Malfoy. Unfortunately his godfather had a suspect in the conspiracy theories. Clues piled up as quick as well as injuries as the all ended up in the hospital wing at sometime or another. The Slytherins became involved in their Investigations when a troll had been let into the school by professor Quirral. Pansy had been comforting Hermione after charms because of Ron’s thoughtless remarks, when the troll found and trapped them in the girls bathroom. Ron and Neville combined with efforts of Draco and Blaise they were able to knock the troll out and save the girls.

The next day the Slytherins came and demanded they be let in on the on going investigation. They had notice that Weasley and Longbottom were not surprise at the appearance of the troll and they knew more than what was being said by the teachers. They would not be put off they had ways of gathering information and they could be useful. The Gryffindors were reluctant to share their adventure with the Slytherins because of their little Hufflepuff informant, but a brief discussion with Harry they agreed to allow the others in as long as they or rather Draco never met with their informant. Harry told them that the Slytherins would be useful in gather facts that they could not. They knew that their little friend was always right.

As the clues became clearer so did the danger that they were all in. Harry soon found himself following them in his invisibility cloak. He became their invisible guardian and protector of the heroes. More than once did Harry Have to stun or knock Draco out in order to save him or heal him without revealing himself to the handsome blonde. This was not an easy task as the others had to make excuses for the Slytherins sudden unconscious state. Harry recounted it all for his sleeping twins. He smiled at the sight of his children. He had been there for the pain, tears, and the joy of victory. He was sadden by the lies he had told to his godfathers during those years but it was for the best he didn’t want to lose the only family he had ever known.

“Then Prince Draco saved them all by dowsing the evil Professor in an acid potion.” Okay so he felt out a few details and changed Draco from first year to a prince but it was his story and he would tell it the way he saw it. Harry didn’t notice that Remus and Severus had been watching him and listing to his past be revealed before their eyes. Both men withdrew from the room to think on what the heard from Harry.

“The school was Safe once again. It was the First time in Hogwarts history that there was a tie for House cup between Gryffindor and Slytherin.” Harry looked at his sleeping angels. So he left out the part where Draco was knocked out and he was the one o toss the potion on the evil Professor then place the empty vial in Draco’s hand. No one needed to know his small part. It was Draco who battled the longest and hardest he was the hero of the day and that is how everyone will remember it. “Winky.” Harry called softy.

“Yes Master Harry.” The little house elf popped in softly.

“I seemed to be stuck can you give me a hand.”

“Of course Master Harry.” And the little elf took little Sirius and place him in the crib and Harry did the same with little Severus. It was funny how life changes but his heart didn’t. He knew he could never be with Draco he was smart funny handsome and way out of his league but he could always watch over him from the shadows. Now his Slytherin Prince was off on a brand new adventure and he could not follow

‘I may not be able to watch over him but I cane keep him Healthy with my potions.’

“Winky call me when they wake I’m heading back to the lab.”


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