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Love Conquers All	By : Drarry-Lisa Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 1518 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter-24
The end
Harry licked his lips and looked into Draco eyes as he finished the letter. Marcus had gone very still in his arms. He was not even sobbing anymore. He could understand him now and so could Draco considering the way he was looking at Marcus. Draco had practically lived to make his father happy. Each and every step of his had been dependent on whether his father would be happy or not.
Harry looked at Draco in concern and he mouthed “Talk to him.” and Harry knew that they shouldn’t let Marcus just get lost in himself. He nodded and spoke “It might seem like an end to you but it is not. It might be a beginning. A new beginning of a happy life.”
“Marcus, it’s okay. Your father would understand. If you regret what you did and are ready to pay for your sins, it will be more than sufficient.” Draco spoke and Harry was truly surprised. Draco rarely ever expressed his emotions so openly.
Marcus spoke in a monotone and his voice shook “He would be disappointed in me. I should have known better. I did not even like the things they did. It was just mechanical. I did not even read the newspaper to avoid reading about it. I destroyed their lives. There is now way to seek their forgiveness. I don’t have any choice but to-”. He cut off and chuckled bitterly. A few tears escaped his eyes and Harry sighed.
“You always have a choice and we are giving you a choice.” It was Draco who interrupted him and Harry looked at him with raised eyebrows. “Harry, please tell him.”
“Okay. Marcus, you have a choice. I know it’s overwhelming but we don’t have much time. Your trial is scheduled tomorrow. They would give you a life sentence. We can get you out but you will have to follow our terms.” Harry spoke and Marcus turned towards him after pulling a little.
“What do you mean by terms?” He asked and Draco continued “We will punish you in our own way. It will be hard and humiliating since you have lived alone and you are not used to answering anyone. We will not reveal the punishment yet. It could be anything. Rest assured, it won’t be anything, er-“ Draco cut off, apparently at a loss of words and Marcus’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
“It won’t be anything inappropriate.” Harry completed for him and looked at Marcus who was sitting across from him now and looking at them with an unreadable expression.
“I – I know. Your kids won’t want me to live with you. None of them will. I don’t want you to fight with your children.” He whispered and looked at his hands.
Harry took both of his hands in his and looked into his red eyes “They will have to understand. They can’t contest our decisions. It’s up to you. In fact, I think, Lily will be able to understand you better than anyone.”
Draco crossed his arms and looked sternly at Marcus “Are you ready to face your punishment? Are you willing to risk your independence? Even if it won’t be as bad as Azkaban, it won’t be a piece of cake. I, for one have inherited my father’s strictness.”
“Anything. I will do anything. I would also like to know why the letters were forged.” Marcus looked at them with red eyes and there was a flash of anger in them. Harry’s hands tightened on Marcus’s “If you don’t control your anger, it will start controlling you. It will destroy you and let me tell you a secret. Your father visited Draco and me in our dreams day before yesterday.”
“Harry, do you think it’s necessary? It is unnecessarily cruel.” Draco stopped him and he looked at him “He must know. You know he must.”
“Please tell me. Please.” He pleaded and Harry sighed deeply “He visited our dream and begged me to give you a chance. He told me about his real letter. We visited Gringotts and realized that your father had left the letters with the goblins. I won’t reveal the author of this deception yet; rest assured the goblins were not responsible. You need to control your anger. Children act upon their anger mindlessly. Grownups control it. You are not a child now.”
Marcus looked at him and then at Draco with stunned eyes. He nodded and started speaking softly “I will not disappoint you. I will learn to control my anger.” He stopped and took a deep breath before continuing “Are you- you are serious aren’t you? You are not kidding. How will you convince the Wizengamot?”
“Leave that to us. What do you chose?” Draco spoke and softly and Marcus looked forward, at nothing in particular.
“I chose you. I will do whatever you say.” He replied and Harry smiled at Draco. Draco’s red lips upturned in a smile and he spoke “We will meet you at the trial then. Hold yourselves till then. Everything will be fine, okay?” Harry spoke and Draco held Marcus in a one sided hug.
“Try meditating. It helps.” Harry spoke for one last time and started moving towards the door with Draco.
Marcus’s dirt stained cheeks were tinged pink as he whispered “Thank you.” They were at the door when they heard his soft voice “Will they ever heal?”
Harry knew what Marcus meant so he looked back at him “With time, they will.”
“Will you help them?” It was Draco who had asked this and Marcus’s eyes shot up towards him with a hopeful expression “Yes. Yes I would like to but can I?”
“Yes you can.” Harry replied and they left the boy sitting on dirty floor looking at the locked door with hopeful eyes.
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To say that Harry was shocked when he realized that Albus Dumbledore was the one who had ordered the goblins to write and deliver wrong letters to Marcus would be an understatement. Draco had not been surprised, though. It was like he had expected Albus to be somehow involved in the deception.
Neither age nor experience had taught the old man. That he would do the same thing for the third time frustrated him to no end. Of course, Goblins had told everything to Draco and him. Why would they hide something like this from him? They had done exchanged the letters willingly, the reason being that they hated Voldemort and were not at all guilty to ruin his son’s life.
Thank Merlin, Marcus had been behind stronger wards, otherwise on Merlin knew what Albus would have done to the child because he had confessed that he would just like to kill him and get done with it.
He had sent an owl to Albus, asking him to attend the trial, no matter what.
“Why are you nervous, Harry? It’s not like they can refuse us. They do owe us their lives. They cannot refuse, you understand.” Draco tried to reassure him and Harry sighed in frustration “Albus might prove to be a big hurdle. He was the one who engineered all this. Marcus could have lived with us and everything would have been fine. But he had to bloody interfere, just like always and ruin another child’s life. Marcus might need therapy. Actually, I think that he does need therapy. We will have a hard time trying to control him. He has lived alone and he is not used to interference and he is Tom Riddle and Bellatrix’s child. He is bound to be bloody difficult and all because of Albus. Why does he have to intervene, Draco?”
Draco must have read his eyes because he held Harry’s hand in his and they stilled outside the door of the courts “You will have to calm down Harry. I understand and I know that you are completely right but we will lose if you can’t control your temper today and I am with you and we will be able to handle Marcus together. He will be our son. I did not get an opportunity to raise Scorpius. In a way, I am happy. He is family and he will be in good hands now. We will keep him happy. We will give him a family. He will not follow his footsteps. Do not worry.” Harry averted his eyes and Draco squeezed his fingers “We might as well return to our home, if you are going to screw this up for Marcus. You can’t lose your temper today. We need you to control it.” But Harry was angry and he did not want to promise anything, so he did not turn to look at him. He did not want to make any false promises. “Okay. Do one thing. If you are too angry, look into my eyes. I will try to calm you down. Okay? We can’t screw this, Harry. He will be lost forever and we promised him. He will be looking forward to his new life. He will see it as deception. We can’t deceive him.”
The flicker of panic in his tone alarmed Harry and he squeezed his hand and looked at him. Yes Draco was panicking and Harry sighed “I will not lose my temper. If I do, I will just look in your eyes. Your eyes always calm me down. Okay? Don’t worry.”
Draco breathed twice and looked at Harry but Harry was completely calm and composed now. “Okay. I am counting on you today. I can’t do this without you.”
Harry hugged him. What else could he have done when Draco looked at him with eyes so trusting and loving? “Don’t worry. I will not lose it. Let’s proceed now.”
They touched the door and a voice spoke “State your names.”
“Harry Potter-Malfoy and Draco Potter-Malfoy.”
“Enter.”
They entered and the courtroom was as terrifying as it had been the last time. This time, though there was just one chair for Marcus and wizards and witches were all around the courtroom. His hands were bound and his hair was dishevelled. His eyes were frantic and they calmed a little when he saw them enter.
“Breathe.” Draco mouthed and Marcus obliged. He looked into Draco’s eyes and breathed hard. He calmed down after a couple of breaths.
“Please settle down, Mr. Potter-Malfoy and Mr. Potter-Malfoy.” Judge Shacklebolt spoke and they settled down across from Marcus so that he did not panic. It was perhaps just a coincidence that Albus Dumbledore was sitting across from them, that is directly behind Marcus.
“We have gathered here for the trial of Marcus Tom Marvolo Riddle. He is accused of authoring the incidents in Great Hangleton, Surrey and Hogwarts. The accused is -”
“I would like to say something, Judge Shacklebolt.” Harry stood up and so did Draco. “Forgive me for interrupting you so rudely.”
“What is the meaning of this Mr. Potter?”
“Mr. Potter-Malfoy. Thank you, Judge. Years ago, Draco and I sacrificed our lives for defeating the dark lord and by doing so we saved millions of wizards and witches. We did it selflessly so even if we did not die, everyone alive in Britain owes a life debt to us.” Harry said in a confident voice and Draco continued for him “We are here to claim that debt today.”
“What do you mean? How do you intend to claim it?” Judge asked and the courtroom was totally silent now.
“I want you to let Marcus go. I do not want you to give a life sentence to him.” Harry replied in a very strong voice. He was really surprised at himself. This was the most difficult part and he continued “You can’t refuse us. Draco agrees with me. This is the way we intend to claim our debts. Yes, Draco?”
“Yes. I agree.” Draco spoke and Judge asked Draco with truly baffled eyes “Why are you trying to protect him? He is responsible for-“
“Yes. He is but he is a child and he has remorse and your prison will do nothing but destroy the remorse that he has found.” Draco answered and Judge spoke “You do understand that he has to be punished-“
“And so he will be. We will punish him, the way we see fit. His punishment would not constitute starving him to death.” Harry replied and silence ensued in the entire courtroom. Everyone was looking at them with shock in their eyes and just like Harry had expected, it was Albus Dumbledore who broke the silence in a hard voice “I tried to keep him away from you and you just had to-“
Harry interrupted the furious headmaster sharply “You repeated the same mistake for the third time. I have never seen a more selfish wizard in my entire life, Dumbledore.”
“How dare you?” He glared at Harry and spoke in a low and dangerous voice.
“Yes, I dare. This is the third time you are repeating the same mistake. You knew that Tom Riddle had always led a loveless life. You knew that the orphanage was very bad for him. They mistreated him and you never deigned to provide him a home at Hogwarts. You could have got him adopted but you did not. You threw me to the Dursleys and you are such a –such a-“ Harry was so bloody angry with him that he could not control himself. He bloody wanted to blast the man apart.
“Mr. Potter, please control yourself.” The soft voice belonged to Marcus who was looking at him in shock and Harry realised that magic was practically sparkling on his fingertips. Harry looked into Draco’s eyes. He was squeezing his hands and he breathed hard.
“Please continue Mr. Potter-Malfoy. We would like to know what Mr. Dumbledore is responsible for, this time.” Judge demanded and Harry continued “He asked the goblins to write a false letter to Marcus. Since he could not find him and kill him, he devised a way to keep him away. The true letter that was written by his father asked him to seek my or Draco’s help. Marcus has lived in the company of houselves who hated his father and thus, hated him. He has never known love or restraint. What else do you expect from a boy who has never had a family?”
“With due respect, Mr. Potter you-“
“I did not have the complete wizarding world cursing my parents. He did. My parents did not write a letter to me demanding me to reign over everyone and spread chaos. The letter that Professor Dumbledore asked the goblins to write demanded him to follow his father’s footsteps. He did not know anything else. Professor Dumbledore never gave a chance to Tom Riddle or Marcus Riddle. He never spoke to both of them. Marcus has agreed to accept Draco’s and mine terms. We will punish him in our way and he will pay for what he has done.” Harry completed his speech and settled down. Judge Shacklebolt turned towards Draco “Do you have anything to add, Mr. Potter-Malfoy?”
“Yes. I wish you would not misunderstand Harry. He has a temper and cannot watch a life being destroyed for the greater good. He does not mean to disrespect Mr. Dumbledore. We want to provide a better life to Marcus, a life that we did not have. We also want to tell the wizarding world that we won’t punish anyone for the sins of their parents. Rest assured, he will not go unpunished. His wand will be surprise-monitored every week and he will be visiting the parents of children who have died. He will be resorted by the hat so that he can go to his house. We do not have anything against any house. He will be living in the room next to ours in Hogwarts. He will going into therapy with a mind-healer. I will be adopting him legally so he can call me father and Scorpius will be his brother. He will have a family and it will help to stabilise his mind. I would like my next words to be published in The Prophet- If there are any children of any of the ex death eaters and if they are being punished for the sins of their parents, I would like to call them forward and speak to us. We would help them. Thank you. That’s all I have to say.” Draco completed his speech and sat down.
Silence ensued after the speech and Harry held Draco’s hand in his and looked at Marcus’s face properly for the first time. The boy was watching them with wonder and surprise in his eyes.
Harry smiled and so did Draco and Marcus smiled back. He had a beautiful smile, Harry thought. His eyes were not haunted anymore. They were hopeful and Harry was happy for him.
He turned his gaze to Albus Dumbedore who was looking at his hands, a picture of sadness. The lack of protest from him had surprised Harry and Harry wondered if the old man regretted his decisions. Harry wished that he did.
As his gaze turned back to Marcus, the judge announced that Marcus was free now and Marcus stood up. The wizards and witches held their breath. They must have expected him to leave or perhaps sneer at everyone but Marcus did none of that. He walked slowly towards them and knelt in front of them. His eyes looked peaceful as he looked at Draco and him. He held their hands and placed his face on Draco’s knees.
When they heard a soft murmur “Father” from his mouth, everyone was surprised including Draco and him, as was evident from his raised eyebrows.
“Son.” Draco whispered and Harry stroked Marcus’s hair, whispering “Yes. Our Son.”
Marcus sighed and closed his eyes, a tear trickling down each of his eyes. Everyone dispersed and Harry felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to find Ron smiling at him and found himself and Draco with an armful of Hermione who whispered tearfully “I am so very proud of both of you.”
Harry looked at each and every one of them and smiled. He had his friends and family and now they could provide a better future to Marcus.
All would be well.
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