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For The Sake Of A Name	By : Bickymonster Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 52498 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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AN: I present to you all, chapter 17, enjoy.

I am sure you will be glad to hear that my muse has been attentive to this story all week and I am finally managing to move forward with it at a steady pace.

This is un-beta-ed so (as always) do let me know if you spot mistakes.

Warnings and disclaimers apply as always.

Previously:

"You are asking her to go with you, a complete stranger, into an unknown room, to be poked and prodded by another complete stranger; I do not believe her request to have her husband with her is an unreasonable request."

Madam Coram seemed to think for a moment before she nodded her consent.

"I will allow it, however, Mr Potter, you must stand to one side and not get in the way or interfere in anyway; if you do so I will have no choice but to remove you from the room. Is that clear?"

"Perfectly." Harry nodded and wrapped an arm over Draco's shoulder as they followed Madam Coram into the other room.

-#-

The group all returned to Dumbledore's office and Draco, at least, was hoping to ask Snape about the research he had shown at the hearing.

"So who would like a cup of tea?" Dumbledore offered cheerily, summoning chairs with a wave of his wand; smiling as Molly nodded and sat down.

"I don't know about everyone else, but I think that went about as well as can be expected." Sirius declared, throwing himself into one of the comfortable chairs the Headmaster had summoned.

"Though I am disinclined to ever agree with you on any subject, Black," Snape sneered as he took his seat with a great deal more grace. "I will concur that it was promising."

Rolling his eyes at their banter Harry and Draco took the two remaining seats and accepted cups of tea from the Headmaster.

"You think they will rule in our favour?" Harry asked.

"I think that is most likely, Harry." Dumbledore told him over the top of his glasses, "Of course I cannot guarantee anything but Madam Bones is nothing if not fair, and she seemed most impressed with you both."

"Thank you, Sir." Draco said with a small smile. "I was wondering though..."

"About Professor Snape's findings? Yes , I rather imagine so;" Dumbledore smiled as he looked at Draco over the top of his glasses. "I am sure if you were to ask him any questions he would do his utmost to provide you with answers."

"Err, Professor... do you really think that I was shrunk?" Draco asked slightly nervously.

Snape raised an eyebrow as he looked questioningly at Draco; that had not been the question he had expected her to start with. He nodded, "I believe so, after all your parents, as well as your grandparents, were all relatively tall individuals and you are particularly ... petite."

"Would it be possible to reverse the effects of the shrinking solution on their own?" Mrs Weasley enquired.

"It may be possible," Snape told them and appeared to be thinking it through, "though I would have to conduct a few additional tests to be sure. I would be happy to do so if that was Draco's wish."

Draco however was shaking her head, "No thank you, it has taken me quite long enough to get used to my new body as it is without changing it again. Besides, people see tiny little me and automatically assume I am no threat; I kind of like the element of surprise that gives me."

Harry chuckled; "Yeah and you like that, with you being so small and light, I don't mind carrying you around when you get tired." he mumbled under his breath.

"Yeah, okay, that too." Draco conceded quietly; making the adults all chuckle to themselves.

Draco looked apprehensive; she had mostly wanted to discuss the shrinking before the fertility changes as it was far less personal and didn't potentially involve discussing her and Harry's sex life with the four most parental figures in their lives.

"The... other change..." Draco's nervousness was obvious and Snape took pity on her.

"Yes, I really do believe that your body is producing particularly extreme levels of hormones, which is likely not only why you fell pregnant so quickly, but also why you have experienced fairly bad morning sickness and other symptoms."

"So it really wasn't completely our fault...?" Harry gave Sirius a small smile, who shook his head slightly disbelievingly.

"Oh, no, Mr Potter;" Snape was almost smiling at being able to tell Harry off, "I think we all agree that it IS your fault that you got your fifteen year old wife pregnant."

Harry flushed and hung his head, "Sorry." he mumbled.

Rolling her eyes at the potions master, Draco gave Harry's hand a small squeeze in support."So, will I always get pregnant that easily...? I mean it is one thing for us to have this one child but I don't want to spend the rest of my life pregnant or trying to avoid becoming pregnant; I am also pretty sure we don't want THAT many children." Draco looked at Harry for confirmation.

"Yeah, I think we would both rather that we waited at least a couple of years before adding to our family; this was already more than we had bargained for." Harry agreed.

"Honestly, Draco, I cannot give you an answer on that; it is possible that following this pregnancy that your body will learn to balance itself but we will not know until Madam Pomfrey and I do some tests after the birth." Snape explained

"and then I hope the two of you can manage to be sensible until we have managed to find an effective contraception for you to use." Mrs Weasley told them both with a stern smile.

Draco and Harry both nodded, hoping beyond hope that they could just stop talking about this now.

"Well this conversation is suitably awkward." Sirius pointed out unnecessarily. "Perhaps we should call it a day." He nearly wasn't able to hold back a laugh when he saw Harry's grateful smile.

"I believe Sirius has a point," Dumbledore told them with a happy clap of his hands, "it is almost lunch time and I am sure your friends will be pleased to see you join them in the great hall."

Taking this as a dismissal, the Potter's both hugged and thanks Molly and Sirius before leaving the headmaster's office.

"That wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it would be." Draco confessed as she tucked herself under her husband's arm on their way to the great hall.

"Agreed," Harry smiled at her, "can you believe we might actually have managed it?"

"Hopefully, one more week and we will have an answer." Draco said. "Are you worried about the stuff Professor Snape was talking about; the unexpected changes?"

"Not in the slightest." Harry told her honestly, "We will just have to be careful about using protection and I kind of like you pocket sized."

"I am not THAT small." Draco protested, playfully hitting Harry on the chest with the back of her hand. "You aren't worried that there are other things that the potions changed that we haven't worked out yet?"

Harry stopped walking and turned Draco around to face him, "There might not be anything else and if we do later find that there is, we will deal with it just like we have everything else; one day at a time."

Draco looked thoughtful for a few moments before rewarding Harry with a pleased smile, "Okay, yeah, you are right." She agreed, "Given our luck, you can understand how I would be... apprehensive."

"I do understand, but I don't want you to worry; the stress isn't good for you or the baby." Harry kissed her forehead.

"And my mother," Draco looked thoughtful, "I don't even know what to think about that."

"Honestly, Draco, me neither." Harry admitted. "She is as stuck under your father's thumb as you used to be but her words gave me hope, that one day, maybe, you will get her back."

"Yeah, maybe." Though Draco didn't sound convinced.

"Now," Harry gave her a chaste kiss, "let's go sit in the great hall and wait for the others and lunch."

-#-

"You're back already." Hermione stated rather obviously when she slid into a seat opposite Harry and Draco at the Gryffindor table; Ron took the seat next to her and Blaise sat next to Draco.

"Oh my, Harry, we're back, had you noticed." Draco exclaimed in mock shock.

"Very funny, Draco. So how did it go?" Hermione asked.

"Well we think it went fairly well actually; apart from a minor confrontation with Lucius Malfoy." Harry scowled as he spoke the man's name.

"Malfoy was there?" Ron asked with a look of disgust.

Draco nodded, "The committee had to meet with him as well, to hear his arguments; he was just leaving as we arrived. Mother was there too."

Blaise squeezed Draco's hand, "Are you okay?" He asked her.

"I am; she told me I was still her child and that she still loved me." Draco smiled to herself at the memory, "She didn't abandon me, Blaise, she still wants me." she had tears on her face and Blaise pulled her into a hug.

"I am happy for you, Draco." He told her. "Really happy for you."

"We really should have known it was all Lucius." Ron bitched, "No offence, Draco, but that man is a monster."

"None taken, Ron. I agree." Draco told him as she let go of Blaise.

"Do you want to tell them about the potions stuff?" Harry whispered to her under the guise of kissing her temple.

Draco smiled at him and gave him a small nod. "Snape came with us to the meeting too." She told them just as food appeared on the table and they all started to help themselves to lunch.

"Really? What for?" Hermione asked as she frowned in confusion.

"He had some pertinent information." Harry told her, pouring juice into each of their goblets, "He has been studying the mix of potions that fell on Draco during the accident and found a few interesting things."

"Interesting things..." Draco rolled her eyes, "Apparently it was a dose of shrinking solution which left me this short; should have guessed that really given how tall both my parents are."

"You are tiny," Hermione commented, but she ignored the glare it earned her from Draco and carried on,"... so that makes sense, but what does that have to do with your case?" she asked, pausing in cutting open a pear and furrowing her brow in thought as though she was missing something.

"Oh, nothing really but another sort of side effect of the potions is my hormones are a bit off." Draco scrunched her nose as if the thought of the hormones annoyed her, "And that apparently has made me way more fertile than is normal; it is likely the reason we fell pregnant so easily."

"Yeah," Harry mumbled under his breath, "getting pregnant first time takes quite some luck."

"Wait," Blaise leaned forward, "...first time?"

Harry and Draco both nodded.

"Merlin, you two really are bloody fertile and must have great timing." Blaise shook his head in amazement, "Are you always going to get knocked up that easily?"

"I really hope not." Draco told him honestly. "We will have to do some tests and see if my body manages to use this pregnancy to normalise itself but if not Snape and Madam Pomfrey will helps us to work something out."

"Is this why you have had some pretty bad morning sickness?" Hermione pondered.

Draco nodded, "Professor Snape seemed to think that was likely."

"So what did the committee say?" Ron asked eagerly, his patience apparently having worn out; either that or he wanted to move the conversation away from hormones and morning sickness, in an attempt to not destroy his appetite.

"We won't hear their decision for about another week or so." Harry explained. "Pretty sure I am going to be more on edge because of waiting this week, than all the time we had to wait for the meeting."

Draco nodded her agreement, "I am not going to be able to stop looking to the sky and out of windows for owls."

-#-

Harry was not sure if it was the pregnancy or the stresses and anxieties about the impending decision from the ministry committee, but Draco's mood had been all over the place all week. She had been sent out of two classes because she had suddenly burst into tears, she had made Harry sleep on their sofa one night because he was 'deliberately breathing loudly' and had thrown a full temper tantrum when Harry had been unable to fix the pain in her back and legs.

At the moment however, Draco was thoroughly enjoying putting everyone else off their lunch by eating her way through a large bowl of pickled onions, which she followed with chocolate ice-cream.

"I don't feel so good." Dean told them; he did look quite unwell and yet was unable to look away. "How is that not making you ill?"

"Is amazing." Draco moaned through a mouthful of ice-cream.

Harry chuckled, far too used to odd food combinations Draco had taken to eating, to be bothered by it. "If it keeps Draco and our son happy, then she can eat whatever she likes."

"Oh... carrots, I really want carrots, raw ones." Draco told her husband with a smile.

Apparently the house elves were listening in because it was only a few seconds later that a bowl appeared in front of them, full of carrot slices. Draco grinned as she took four of them and dipped them in the ice-cream.

"Oh that is so wrong." Ron sighed.

Draco ate the chocolate ice-cream coated carrot sticks extra slowly, her amused eyes watching Ron's reaction. Humming in contentment as the food was definitely what she had been craving.

Ron was about to comment when a small parliament of owls swooped into the hall to deliver various packages and letters to students and staff; this had, as it had all week, gotten both Harry and Draco's full attention. Their friends had learned not to try to talk to them when post was being delivered, after Seamus had ended up with a bowl of peas poured down his front by Draco, when he had made that mistake the day after the hearing .

A very plain looking tawny owl landed elegantly on the table in front of the Potters, the letter it was carrying clearly showing the Ministry seal. Hermione handed the owl a few knuts in payment and waved the animal away, leaving the letter on the table.

"Maybe we should go somewhere a little more... private." Blaise suggested.

Harry nodded slowly and helped Draco to her feet; she was staring at the letter as if it might explode, vanish or start attaching them at any second.

"Come on, Love." he told her gently, pulling her against his side and leading her from the hall; nodding his thanks as Blaise picked up the letter from the table and followed them.

-#-

Draco was pacing, "I should just read it, at least I will have an answer." She mumbled to herself. "But what if it is bad news...?"

"Draco, Love, please just sit." Harry pleaded, taking her by the hands and leading her to one of their chairs; she tried to fight him a little but he managed to get her shoes off and start massaging her feet and calves; soon Draco relaxed into the comfortable chair with a sigh, her eyes falling closed.

"Shall I?" Blaise asked, indicating the letter in his hand.

Harry looked up and smiled at the sight of all their friends around them, though Seamus, Neville and Dean were hovering nervously near the door, as if unsure if they were welcome.

"Everyone sit down, and then yes, if you would, Blaise, that might be best." Harry agreed.

The others took seats around them, the Gryffindor boys somehow managing to all fit onto the sofa and pull Hermione so that she was now sitting on a fiercely blushing Ron. Blaise laughed at them before taking the remaining chair and sliding a finger under the ministry seal to open the letter.

"Mr and Mrs Potter," Blaise started reading and when Draco took a shuddering breath that sounded a lot like she was about to cry, Harry took her hands in his own, nodding for Blaise to continue. " We are writing to inform you of the decision reached by the committee with whom you met, on the twenty-second March."

Harry was struggling to sit still, his leg twitching something rotten as the anxiety built; he had promised Draco this would be okay, this letter would change their lives and Blaise was reading it calmly and slowly and Harry felt trapped somewhere between annoyance and grateful.

"Given your excellent and well thought out plans," Blaise went on, "... the sufficient support systems you have put into place and your son's place as a legitimate Potter heir; we are delighted..."

Draco actually squealed with joy as she threw herself into Harry's arms, both their faces quickly covered in tears as Blaise continued to read.

"...to tell you that the committee has approved your requested to allow you to remain your son's full time guardians from birth."

"Thank Merlin." Hermione said, as all the Gryffindors hugged each other.

" Sirius Orion Black and Molly Weasley have been appointed as additional guardians; they will receive correspondence soon, detailing their responsibilities." He read on, "A ministry official from child services will visit you at three month intervals, for one year, to ensure that your son is being suitably cared for; the parental rights granted to you by the committee are subject to the findings during these visits. All the best for the future, blah de blah... Madam A. Bones." Blaise finished; he carefully folded up the letter and put in on the mantel piece.

"He is all ours Harry, no-one is going to take him; you really did do it." Draco was sobbing into Harry's shoulder.

He picked her up carefully, taking a seat in the chair and holding her sideways on his lap, so that he could run a hand over her now very large baby bump. "All ours." He confirmed, kissing the tears from her cheeks. "I love you."

"I love you too." Draco told him quietly, resting her head on his shoulder. "We are really going to be parents." She whispered.

Ron laughed, "Did you only just work that bit out, Draco?"

"No, not really, but it feels a whole lot more real now." Draco tried to explain, her tiny hands holding Harry's larger one on her belly.

"About two months and we will have a baby," Harry said slowly and quietly, as if in dawning realisation, "one who relies on us for everything."

"You guys will be fine." Blaise reassured, "Besides if that baby is half as cute as the pair of you, then everyone is going to want to help out."

"I'm not cute!" Both Harry and Draco insisted in sync, glaring at the Slytherin boy across from them.

This however didn't have the desired effect as all their friends burst out laughing. It took several minutes before they gave up glaring at their friend in annoyance and after sharing a amused expression with each other, the young couple gave in and laughed along.

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Gruffard - As you can see in this chapter, all went well. Malfoy didn't anticipate Madam Bones getting involved personally, which she did due both to the Malfoy family reputation and because Harry is involved. Snape is very much on Draco's side, he has seen firsthand for many years what a bastard Lucius can be.

Delia Cerrano - Snape is very fond of Draco and this is his way of taking care of her. Draco is still feeling pretty insecure about a lot of things and being prodded and poked by strangers is definitely one of them so she does what she always does now when something scares her, she turns to Harry for support, knowing that he will keep her safe.

ChaosLady - glad to hear you have your computer back in full working condition; I don't know what I would do without my computers ^_^. Glad you liked the chapter.

Nari-chan - Snape wants to help where he can, but he isn't going to tell them that, he has to keep up his grumpy persona of course.
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