Of Dragons and Jewels | By : CaptainParisStarr Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 19289 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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“Stop it! Stop calling me your 'brother'! I'm a girl!” The venom in Jewel's voice brought everyone up short.
“I...” Draco thought back on what had happened that day, and realized Jewel was right, that he hadn't made a big enough effort to refer to her as a female. “I'm sorry. With everything else that's going on, I keep forgetting that you prefer to be referred to as a female..” Draco apologized sincerely.“No, not 'identify', or 'referred to as'! I AM female.” Jewel took a deep breath to calm herself down, then continued. “I was wrong, when I called myself transgender earlier; being transgender implied that my body is completely male, and it's not. I'm a... I don't know what the magical term would be, but in the muggle word for what I am is hermaphrodite. I just discovered that instead of being male inside and out I'm only male externally. I have a prostate, but instead of the other male glands I have one pair of ovary and Fallopian tube, and a working uterus, all connected up properly. I am a meant to be a girl, a young woman really, and that proves it. I asked the doctor to keep this quiet, wanting to tell you myself. Though I did not mention to her that I've known I'm a girl for years.”Then, to everyone's surprise, she added; “Oh, I totally support the mini-war you want to wage against our father. He deserves it, casting his 'true' son out and turning his back on his daughters. Oh yeah, I have your back. Only... why did you lie about Caelum's parentage?”“He's not even a month old! If I singled him out too, then... No I can't risk his life just to get back at Father for what we went through.”“Oh.” Understanding lit Jewel's eyes from within. “You love him.”“Yes, as I love you, and the twins to a lesser extent. And I'm sure all it would take for me to love them like I love my brothers- no, brother and other sister- would be to actually talk to them for five minutes. I don't even know their names though so....” He broke off, pain clear in his eyes. Jewel noted the slip up, but since Draco had corrected himself she chose not to comment on it. Plus, he genuinely regretted how little he knew about his younger twin sisters, and Jewel could see pain in his eyes when he spoke of them.Instead, she asked; “How can you love me so when I'm the product of Father's infidelity?”“Because...” Draco turned his face away for a long moment. “Because I found out about you when I was five, a couple weeks after the Twins were born, and at the same time I found out about them. When things got bad for me, I'd imagine you were there with me. Of course, I always pictured you as a boy. Actually, the real you is nothing like how I'd pictured you back then, but I love her more than I ever loved him. You were my solace, even if it was only in my head; how could I not love you?” The female pronoun felt weird on Draco's tongue after picturing a strong brother all those long years, but he forced himself to use it nonetheless. If Jewel said she was female, despite her anatomy, then she was female, and there was nothing he could say or do to change that fact.An awkward silence fell, but was broken by Harry. “Wait, what did you mean when you said you have a working uterus?”“I mean all I need is a vagina and I'll be able to carry a child to term. I menstruate already, everything works for me as a woman, but not so much as a man since I'm missing vital glands. I produce sperm, and can ejaculate, but my semen isn't right for keeping the swimmers alive long enough to impregnate a woman.” Seeing Harry's confused look, she added; “My body simply reabsorbs the fluid each month since it has no where else to go.”“Enough about this for now; what do you want to shop for first? Clothes? Perfume? Make-up?”“Clothing first, I can live without make-up or cute shoes, but I can't keep borrowing your clothes. Not if I want to be taken seriously as a young woman.”It was almost dark before they got back to Grimmauld Place with the shopping. Jewel had surprisingly restrained herself to the bare essentials, despite Harry telling her repeatedly that money was not an issue. And what she had told earlier proved true; left to her own devices she favored cute clothing that attracted the eye to her in general, rather than sexy clothes that drew attention to her chest or ass.
All she had wanted for makeup was a multipurpose eye shadow and blush compact, and a tube each of lip gloss and mascara. Arguing that she didn't need foundation or concealer at her age, she refused to even look at those.The only real splurge was the pair of low heeled thigh-high black leather boots she had wanted for job-hunting. Now that she had support and a safe place to sleep she wanted to start looking for a real job the very next day.Then there was the perfume Harry had insisted upon. When Jewel had refused to even look at perfume Harry had doubled back to the store and gotten her the classiest scent he could find- Chanel No. 5. When in doubt, stick with the classics. She had sent him a scathing look when she realized what he had done, but accepted it without making a scene. The secret joy her face had barely hidden made Harry realize that she did want expensive clothes and perfumes, but wanted to buy them with her own money rather than have a man buy them for her.“Do you want us to go with you?” Jewel asked her brother after changing into a cute new sky blue dress that covered her modestly from her shoulders to just above her knees.“Come with me where?” With a start, Draco remembered the note. “I want Harry with me, but are you sure you want to come? If my Mother really did send it...” He didn't know how to finish the sentence.“Yes, I'm sure. You've been loyal to me ever since you found me, sticking by my side no matter what. It's the least I can do to repay you for that by coming with you to face her.”“Jewel...” Hugging his sister tightly, he allowed his fear at what the truth his mother could be referring to melt away. “Thank you.”They had a quick dinner, then separated with plans to met up in the sitting room at quarter to twelve, making sure that everything was set for them to meet with Narcissa Malfoy.“Are you sure that you want to do this?” Jewel whispered as they stood on the edge of the clearing that had so recently been the copse of trees hiding Draco's fort. A woman was standing in the center of the clearing, hooded and cloaked, clutching a bundle to her chest.
Now that he was here, fear gripped Draco. Though he knew he had to face her, the fear of what she might have to say almost send him running; until a high pitched cry sounded from the bundle of blankets she held.“Caelum?” Breaking his cover he rushed over to her.“Yes, I thought you might want to see him again.” The voice was definitely his Mothers, and a moment later her hood was pushed back so she could see her son properly. “Here.” She handed the baby boy to him.Instantly, the crying stopped, and the baby gazed happily up at his brother. “I know that you're scared of what I have to say but the truth is only this; that I love you. I've loved you since the moment I first felt you quicken in my womb, and if that love has changed since, it was only to grow stronger.”“Mother...” Glancing up, he broke off as he saw her face. One of her eyes was swollen shut, and bruises covered both her cheeks.“I wanted to spoil you, shower you with love and affection, but he wouldn't allow it. Every time I tried to show you my love, he would punish me for it. And now I just hope its not too late.”Harry and Jewel had both hung back, but now they approached Draco's side, and Jewel took Caelum from Draco.“You... your name is Jared, correct?”“Not anymore, I go by Jewel now.”“Jewel... I see. You look so much like your mother, a woman I never met and could only resent for seducing my husband. But now... I'm glad we chose not to take you in, as you were raised free from his poison.” Now that both her arms, and Draco's, were free she pulled her eldest son towards her for a hug.“Mother...” Draco found himself crying, as he was held tenderly by the woman who had protected him for all those years. “I love you.”“I need you to do something for me. I need you to take Caelum and not ask any questions as to why. All I can say now is that I won't raise another child with that man; I won't make the same mistake twice. He has a bright future ahead of him, why taint it with his Fathers lies and treachery?”“Take Caelum? I'm eighteen, Mother. You can't expect me to know how to raise a child!” But there was no panic in Draco's voice, only confusion.“Oh, but I do. You have something within your heart that your father does not; love. Hold onto that love and you will be ten times the man, and one hundred times the father, that Lucius ever was.” It was then that she turned to Harry.“Take care of my son, both of them. I may not have birthed Caelum, but he has become as dear to me as the child I did birth.” The hand she rested on Harry's shoulder was gentle, and understanding passed between them.“Then you don't agree with Father?” Draco could not hold the question back any longer.“About disowning you? No. I've known that you prefer men since you were twelve. If he failed to see what I saw, it was his own fault. You are my son, now and always. Nothing will ever change that.” Then she turned to leave.“Won't he miss Caelum?” Narcissa looked at her son with tears veiling her eyes, and slowly shook her head. Then she lifted the hood; and was gone, disapparating away.Harry spied a bag resting against a nearby tree, and grabbed it, opening it up to find diapers and formula for Caelum, as well as a potion he didn't recognize.“That potion is used to induce lactation.” Draco looked at Jewel. “Do you want to try? Nursing Caelum, I mean, since your the only woman here.”Jewel nodded. “Yes, I'd do anything for this sweet boy.” Then they left the clearing, returning home to Grimmauld place, never to return.While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. The AFF system includes a rigorous and complex abuse control system in order to prevent improper use of the AFF service, and we hope that its deployment indicates a good-faith effort to eliminate any illegal material on the site in a fair and unbiased manner. This abuse control system is run in accordance with the strict guidelines specified above.
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