To Love a Malfoy

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Special Author's Note: Thank you to my new reviewers; Cassis Blake and pywacket. As always, my special thanks to; Jan, kitten, Extraho, AthenaMalfoy and celestialuna for being faithful reviewers to my story. I really appreciate your support and hope you all continue to enjoy story.

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Chapter 8:

Lucius Malfoy was making his way down the moving staircase, when he noticed another presence at the bottom waiting to get on who was standing silently in the corner. Lucius was wearing his expensive black robes with the snake emblems on them and as usual he looked immaculate. His long blonde hair was pulled back with a black silk tie and he had his walking cane with him. After stepping off the staircase, Lucius walked over to the unknown individual and stood towering over the poor soul.

With the Malfoy sneer firmly in place, Lucius looked down upon the person and his own gray eyes widened slightly in surprise when they met large luminous green eyes staring back up at him in shock. Looking down upon the boy, he thought that Potter no Harry looked very delectable and seemed to have an aura about him that was sparkling brightly. When did Harry suddenly look so appealing? Lucius suddenly felt something strange struggling from deep inside of his own soul to break free and he pushed it back firmly in place where it belonged. Get a hold of yourself Lucius, he thought, regaining control back of his conflicting emotions.

“Mr. Potter, what brings you here of all places and so late in the evening? Oh, and I just noticed, your faithful sidekicks are not with you what a shame.” he said hatefully not moving out of Harry’s way.

Harry just stood there staring at Malfoy not saying a word. Inside, Harry was quivering with barely uncontrolled anger and wanted to strike out at him. How dare he! Who in the name of Merlin did Lucius Malfoy think he was? Standing there looking down at me like I was a flobberworm squirming around beneath him on the floor. After what he did to me, he has the audacity to speak to me in that condescending Malfoy way. Well, I won’t let him get away with it. Not this time. I didn’t press charges against him or tell anyone what he did to me because I didn’t want to be in the spotlight again, or bring more distress to my friends, but this is starting to get really annoying.

“I need to see Severus and you are standing in my way now move!” demanded Harry. When Lucius continued to block his path, Harry grew furious. With his green eyes flashing, he pulled out his wand and pointed it directly into Malfoy’s face and said, “I am telling you one last time to move out of my way!”

Lucius just stood in Harry’s path refusing to budge. Maybe it was the Malfoy pride, but he wasn’t going to let a little twit like Potter get the best of him.

“In case you’ve forgotten Malfoy, I did vanquish Voldemort. I am sure the Wizarding World wouldn’t miss one of his former lackeys. In fact, they would probably thank me for ridding their world of you!” hissed out Harry in anger not knowing what was coming over him.

“HOW DARE YOU!” snarled Lucius and with his left eye twitching he pulled out his own wand and glared at Harry in a menacing way. With their wands pointed directly at each other they faced off ready to duel.

“WHAT IN THE NAME OF MERLIN IS GOING ON DOWN HERE?” yelled Severus.

He had heard the commotion all the way up in his chambers with the door shut.

“THAT IS ENOUGH!” he roared. “Put your wands away this instant. What on earth is the matter with you two? When are you both going to start acting like reasonable adults, instead of behaving like mischievous school children? This is preposterous. Lucius, you are older and should know better. Harry, you are soon going to be a Professor in my school. I would think that you both would be ashamed of yourselves for acting this way!”

Harry had put his wand back in his pocket looking mortified that Severus had caught him in the act of fighting with Lucius. While Lucius just stood there, with his head held high, looking like he had not just been caught red handed ready to do battle with the Savior of the Wizarding World.

“I am sorry Severus. I was visiting Hagrid and wanted to drop off my lesson plans for you to go over and ran into Lord Malfoy on my way up.” stated Harry quickly handing over his paperwork to Severus.

“I’ll just be going then, shall I?” a suddenly nervous Harry pleaded to Severus.

Severus nodded his head and answered, “That’s a good idea Harry. I’ll be in touch with you soon to discuss these. Have a good night and say hello to your friends for me.”

“I will, thank you Sir and good night.” replied Harry.

Harry squeezed by Lucius on his way out brushing up against him and then disappeared out the door into the hallway.

“Lucius, I think we need to have another long talk, don’t you?” asked Severus bluntly, not expecting an answer back. He turned around, cloak billowing, and walked back up the stairs to his office knowing that Lucius would follow.

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'St. Mungo’s'


Harry had just arrived at St. Mungo’s for his appointment and was sitting in the busy reception room waiting to be called in to see a Healer. When he heard his name being called, he stood up and followed the young witch into an empty room.

“Mr. Potter, please remove all your clothes and put this robe on then lie down on the bed. Healer Jamison will be with you shortly.” the girl smiled at Harry and left to go take care of other patients. Harry got undressed and put the robe on then climbed onto the bed to wait for the Healer. He didn’t have to wait long until there was a knock on the door and Healer Jamison entered. Harry sat up to greet her and they shook hands.

“Good day, Mr. Potter, how are you feeling this morning?” inquired the middle aged witch. She smiled at him and Harry noticed that she had his medical records in her hand.

“I was sick again this morning but it’s been happening so often I am starting to get used to it.” Harry answered.

“Well, let’s find out what’s wrong with you. Please lie completely back down on the examination table while I do a diagnostics scan and then I’ll be taking some blood work to send down to the lab for testing. We should have the results back before you leave my office today.” she advised him.

Harry lay back down onto the table while the doctor took out her medical scanning instruments to begin his exam. It took about half an hour and then Healer Jamison drew his blood and sent it to the lab. When she was finished, she said. “You can get dressed now Mr. Potter. When you are ready, my Assistant will show you to my office and we will discuss the results.”

While Harry was waiting for Healer Jamison to return, he began wondering about the results. I am sure if it was something serious she would have seen it while she was examining me. Those scans show everything. I remember Madam Pomfrey running diagnostics on me all the time at Hogwarts and she always knew right away what was wrong with me.

After about another half hour, Healer Jamison entered her office and walked into the room to sit down behind her desk. Smiling, she put Harry’s records down onto her desk and then looked across at him.

“Well it seems congratulations are in order Mr. Potter!” she said. “It appears you are going to be a proud father in about seven months.”

Harry just sat in the chair with a stunned look on his ashen face not saying a word. He felt sick. How could this have happened? He wasn’t a girl! Wizards can't get pregnant. He had never heard of such a thing. Wouldn’t Ron have mentioned it to him at one time or another? Oh Merlin, it must have happened the night of the Ball when he and Lucius were together. Oh crap, this is not good but it certainly explains the wild cravings I’ve been having. What am I going to do? Why do these crazy things always happen to me? How am I going to explain this to everyone?

He looked up into Healer Jamison’s face and said, “How? I didn’t know Wizards could get pregnant. I am a male for Merlin’s sake! It’s just not possible, is it?” he anxiously asked her.

“Mr. Potter, you are a very powerful Wizard. It is extremely rare for this to happen but not uncommon. If you have slept with another Wizard just as powerful as yourself and a bond formed, well then yes, it is possible.” she answered.

“I will be giving you instructions and also vitamins to take home with you. My Assistant is making you an appointment right now to come back and see me in another month. We will do an ultra sound of the baby then to make sure everything is alright. At that time, if you wish to know, I will tell you the sex of your baby or babies.” she instructed him.

“Babies?” Harry whispered.

“Why yes, Mr. Potter, do not be surprised if you are carrying twins or triplets. It is a very rare gift indeed and I am sure the other father will be very happy to hear the news” she replied.

“I don’t think so.” murmured a nauseous Harry jumping up and running to the bathroom.

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‘The Burrow’


Harry had arrived back at the Burrow after his appointment at St. Mungo’s and went straight to his room. He went into the bathroom and was sick again. When he came out, he sat on his bed and began thinking. I have to tell them. There is no way to keep this from them because they will be finding out soon enough. How could I have not known? he thought, gently touching his slightly rounded stomach with tenderness. I am finally going to have my own family, he smiled. “Nobody will ever take you from me. I will love and protect you always.” he promised.

“Harry, is everything alright? May Ron and I come in?” Hermione’s voice asked after knocking on the door.

“Ya, come on in Mione.” Harry answered.

The door opened and both his friends walked in. They came over and sat down on Ron’s bed across from Harry. He saw how worried they looked and decided now was the time to tell them what had happened on the night of the ball.

“Hey, I have something important to tell you. It’s a long story so you better get comfortable.” said Harry.

After Harry was finished, there was silence in the room for several minutes. His friends were noticeably upset and shocked by the events that had unfolded the night of the Ball. Hermione was crying into Ron’s shoulder and he was patting her comfortably on the back while looking at Harry with concern on his face.

“You have to bring charges against him, Harry. He can’t get away with this! We won‘t let him.” Ron told his friend.

“I can’t Ron. When you are ready, there is more news I have to tell you.” confided Harry.

Hermione looked up at Harry and whispered, “What is it, Harry?”

“I have been sick every morning for awhile now and I didn’t want to worry you so I went to St. Mungo’s this morning. The Healer examined me and took tests.” before Harry could finish Hermione cried out,

“Oh, Harry, what is it? What’s wrong?”

Deciding to get straight to the point, Harry answered, “I am pregnant!”

Ron immediately fainted and fell from the bed onto the floor with a loud thump and Hermione jumped up and ran over to Harry and hugged him with tears pouring down her face.

TBC