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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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Harry moved faster than he had ever moved before, catching Draco as he crumpled, and picking up the fallen paper. Why Draco had screamed became instantly clear when he saw the photo. Hugging Draco tight, he read:
“Murder/Suicide Shocks Community
“Early this morning the bodies of Lucius Malfoy (44) and Narcissa Malfoy (43) were found in their bedroom by... Narcissa killed her husband before turning her wand on herself... no sign of a struggle... their infant son Caelum missing from his cradle... older son, Draco Malfoy (18) also missing... any information about the whereabouts of... please contact...”
Only scattered sentences registered in his brain.
“Shit... She didn't... Draco.” He dropped the paper and clutched the sobbing blond to his chest as tightly as he could.
They stayed like that for a long while, as Jewel finished feeding Caelum, burped him, and settled him back down for a nap. Then she threw her arms around both of them.
“...broke my leg...” Draco's voice was muffled because his face was pressed to Harry's chest.
“What was that?”
Lifting his head weakly, he started over. “When I was five I broke my leg learning to ride a horse. I tried to jump a fence, but the horse stopped short instead, and reared. I slid off backwards; which was lucky because if I'd gone forward I would have likely broken my neck instead. Anyway, my leg got caught under me, and it snapped. My Father just walked away, muttering about incompetent tutors, and ordering the man tutoring me in horseback riding to heal me and get me back on the horse. But he didn't know how to heal bone.
“My Mother saw all this and scooped me up, taking me to the hospital. Afterwards she kept gushing about how brave a boy I was, how I hadn't cried once even when my leg was straightened out, and she treated me to ice cream after as a reward for being brave. Father was furious when we got home, sending me to my room for the rest of the day, and I didn't see Mother again until the next day, and even then she avoided me, trying to keep me from seeing the bruises.
“I never did thank her for... and now...” The rest of his words were lost in a fresh wave of tears. Ignoring how soaked his shirt was getting, Harry only wished that he could hug away all the pain his boyfriend was feeling, and was unaware until Jewel wiped wetness off his face that he had started crying as well.

“Why did she have to kill herself too? I understand killing Lucius, your father but...” Harry shook his head. They had eventually made it back upstairs, their appetites gone, and were laying entwined and fully dressed on Harry's bed.
“For me...”
“That makes no sense.”
“Yes, it does. She killed Father to keep Caelum safe... and killed herself to save me the pain of seeing her go on trial for murder. Or maybe she just wanted to die...” Draco's voice was hoarse from crying for so long, but his eyes were dry. He had no more tears left in him, though his shoulders still shook with dry sobs.
“I see. No, you're right, that does make sense.” Though he thought such an explanation to be both twisted and sick, he had to agree that it made sense. “We need to go to the Ministry. The article listed both you and Caelum as missing, so we should report that you were with me the whole time. And testify that we had no idea what she was planning after handing over Caelum to us, as well as to file for adopting him.”
Draco sat up. “I thought you were freaked out by the idea of being a father so young.”
“I am. But I'm also serious about you, and he's now an orphan. If we don't move fast, we might lose him forever. You can take primary custody, that's fine with me. He's your brother, so he should go with you if we end up splitting. Besides, I know what it is like to be orphaned young.”
“Don't talk like that, not now. We'll apply for joint custody.” Draco shot back in a tone that allowed for no argument. Secretly though, he agreed with Harry's reasoning that he would make a good father since he could relate to Caelum on such a personal level.
A couple hours later they found themselves, along with Jewel and Caelum, in the cubical office of a very tired auror named William Ogden. He and his partner had drawn the assignment of investigating the deaths of Lucius and Narcissa, and he had been up for hours working the investigation.
“So let me get this straight; she just handed you the baby and walked away, not saying a word about how she planned to kill your father or herself?”
“No, she never said a word. I told you, and told you... I'll take Veritaserum if you don't believe me.” Grief was bring out the worst in Draco, and only Harry's presence was keeping him from lunging across the desk at the auror looking at them skeptically. Then again, Ogden was also looking more at their linked hands than at their faces. “Or else let us talk to someone who isn't a homophobe.”
Ogden started. “I'm not...” But what he'd been about to say was lost as his partner entered the office.
“Their story checks out. I found the clearing the way they'd said, and the shadow readings tell the rest. They're telling the truth, as far as I can tell.” James Cresswell was younger than his partner, and gave vibes of not only being cool with homosexuality, but perhaps even being bi-curious himself. Only the wedding band on his left ring finger indicated that he liked women as well.
“What do you plan to do with the baby? Putting him up for adoption...” Cresswell began, speaking gently.
“No, we're not giving him up. We'll adopt him ourselves.” Draco hastily cut in.
“You want to adopt him?” Cresswell's eyes were wide with surprise, but he didn't seem against the idea. “You're barely out of childhood yourself, and yet you want to raise a baby?” He paused as though considering this, then shrugged. “Fine by me. You're still his remaining family, and I think it best when families stick together. I'll just go grab the paperwork to start the process. No guarantees it'll be accepted though.” Cresswell paused a moment longer to see if Ogden would object, then headed out again.
“Now you see here I ain't against-” The rest of his words were drowned out by sudden crying from Caelum, and Jewel had to excuse herself to go feed him yet again. He was proving to have a very healthy appetite, much to her annoyance at having to drop everything and feed him every two hours. She was glad she was getting paid to be his wet nurse; there was no way she would have been able to keep him well fed while job hunting, let alone working a corporate job.
“Alright, now you just need to fill in your names here, ages, birth-dates, and so on, then sign here, here and here, and initial there, and...” It took close to an hour to fill in all the forms properly and get them filled awaiting approval.

“Do you think we have a real chance at being approved to adopt Caelum?” Harry asked Draco that night as they were having an after dinner cuddle in front of the fire, exhausted from their long day.
After leaving the Ministry, Draco had become restless, and they had spent several hours in Diagon Alley as Draco first dropped off the completed application forms, then just wandered around to blow off steam.
Draco only shrugged. “I dunno. If we lose him... well, at least we tried, right?” Only the sadness underscoring his voice suggested that he didn't want to lose Caelum.
Just then, Jewel poked her head in. “Can you guys watch Caelum for a bit? I need a night off; raising a baby is harder than it looks.”
“Sure. Don't overwork yourself.” She handed them several bottles of breast milk and enough diapers to last until morning, then went back upstairs. Once she was certain no one was listening, she snuck down again and slipped outside. Though she felt bad about lying to her brother, she had to go face him again. Since she was heading back to hell, she knew Draco would try and stop her.
As long as Dino was alive she knew she was in danger, but that was not her main reason for going to see him.
She was going back to take revenge upon Dino for ruining her life.
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