𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓐𝓼 𝓘𝓽 𝓦𝓪𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓣𝓸 𝓑𝓮[√]

Nineteen

The family of six walked down Diagonal Alley. They were drawing a lot of looks. Mostly because none of them were wearing glamor to hide who they were.

"Harry, look," Lucius said, pulling at Harry's hand.

The raven looked over at him and looked where he was pointing. He smiled when he saw Lucius pointing at a baby store.

"You want to go in?" He asked, and Lucius nodded. Pulling Harry's hand, they went to the store, and the rest followed behind them.

Entering the store, Lucius paused and looked around. He slowly descended each aisle, touching and smiling at the cute clothes. He picked up a green onesie and held it up to Harry.

"Draco had one of these," He said, smiling, then frowning.

"What?" Harry asked, seeing the look on his face.

"It's just that I never spent much time with Draco when he was a baby; our parents wanted the house elves to do it all. And because they were still the head of the house, we had to do what they said. I used to sneak into his room. I used to hold him while he slept and play with him when he woke up at night. I used to have the elves bring him to my office, and as he got older, we would play and have fun. After my dad died, I could do it more openly. I could be the father I wanted to be without having someone breathing down my neck," He said; suddenly, he felt arms wrapped around him from behind.

"Dad," Draco mumbled, burying his head in the older man's neck.

Lucius wrapped his arm around the younger blonde and ruffled his hair before pulling away.

They shopped around for a few more minutes before exiting the store. They were walking towards an ice cream shop when suddenly Harry felt a weird sensation. He paused, causing the other to do the same.

He growled, and his wings popped out. He wrapped them around Lucius just in time to protect him from a spell that was shot at him.

"Harry/Dad/Lucius/Alex!" The group exclaimed.

Harry unwrapped his wings and looked down at a star, Lucius, whose wings were wrapped around his stomach protectively.

"Are you OK?" Harry asked, and Lucius nodded before his mate spun around, growling.

His eyes searched the crowd for who shot the spell."Who did that?" Harry growled, and a red-haired man appeared through the crowd.

"Harry?" Ronald said, and Harry growled. "What are you doing with these death eaters and Malfoy?" he asked, snarling at the rest of the group as the rest of his family emerged from the crowd.

Fred and George waved at the group happily.

"Weasleys," Harry snarled, crunching down, ready to attack if needed. "Who fired that spell?" He asked again loudly, and Dumbledore stepped out of the crowd. He rolled his eyes and looked back at his family briefly with a 'WHAT THE FUCK' look on his face.

"Harry, you need to step away from them. I don't know what spells have put you under, but we will break it and defeat them," The old man said, and Harry huffed.

"My mate and family have done no such things to me. I suggest you keep your accusations to yourself and refrain from shooting spells at my mate, or you won't be leaving here with your life," He said, and a scream came from the crowd.

"Mate? What, mate?" Ginny Screamed, approaching them. I" am supposed to be your mate, your wife!!" She yelled, stomping forward, causing Lucius to growl and step in front of Harry, his wings spread wide and hardened, ready to fight.

"Ms. Weasley, are you threatening to take my mate?" he asked. His voice was calm and smooth, just like it always was, but Harry could feel the anger rolling off him through their bond.

"M-mates?" Ginny stuttered, and Lucius leaned his head and pulled down his collar to show the mark on his neck.

The crowd around them gasped. Harry stepped forward and wrapped his arm around the blonde waist.

"It can't be..." Dumbledore gasped, and Harry huffed.

"Oh, it can be. Now we'll be on our way," Harry said, turning around with Lucius and leading him back to the group.

"NOO!!" Dumbledore roared, and Harry spun around to see another spell coming at them. He shoved Lucius into Fenrir's arms and blocked the spell before launching himself at Dumbledore.

Transforming mind air, his human-sized dragon used its claws to rip into Dumbledore's chest, and blood splashed.

The old man screamed as the Dragon ripped into him.

When Harry pulled away, he revealed a bloody, dead, shredded Dumbledore. Harry shifted back and stumbled as he turned and looked over at his family.

Lucius quickly pulled away from Fenrir and rushed toward him. He wrapped his arms around the blood raven. "It's fine, Harry, you did nothing wrong," Lucius said, and Harry took deep breaths, taking in his mate's scent.

Pulling away, Lucius spelled them both clean before Auror walked over. "Harry Potter, you are under..."

"Don't even think about it," Lucius said, and the Auror froze, "My mate was within his rights; that man shot a spell at me and as...my...Dominant, He protected me." Lucius said, and Amelia blinked at him before nodding, turning to the dead man on the ground, and nodding to the other Auroras to clean up the mess.

"Also, I would like to press charges against Ronald, Ginny, Authur, Molly Weasley, and Hermoine Granger," Harry said.

"I'll have an Auror come over and take your statement," Bones said, walking away.

After all, that was done. Lucius wrapped his arms around Harry and apparated them home. They appeared in the room; Lucius sat Harry on the bed and sat beside him.

"I killed someone," Harry mumbled, and Lucius snorted.

"A man who deserved it, a man who would have done a lot worse to use if you didn't kill him. Man who attacked me and our unborn baby, what you did was completely in the right," Lucius said, and Harry sighed.

"I'm just glad he's gone," Harry said, and Lucius hummed, leaning into him.

"Things will be better now."

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Re-published: May 2, 2024, 4 pm

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