Authors Notes: There is smut in this chapter. It isn't until after the page break.
"I really screwed up." Sirius said more to himself than anyone else. Harry snorted. "That is obvious." Sirius pouted and crossed his arm across his chest.
"I was a right shite back in school. I can't honestly say that I wish I had done things differently with Snape but I do wish I had treated Remus better." Harry narrowed his eyes. It was just like Sirius to only take partial blame for things.
"That is where we disagree. You were fucking horrible to Severus and don't even start with trying to explain it away. I don't care." Harry held up a hand to stop the excuses that he knew Sirius was wanting to give.
"It is not my place to judge you no matter how much I would like to. This mess is between you, Remus and Severus. I know that you will never apologize to Severus though I wish you would. He really is a great man." Harry said firmly. Sirius could see the truth shining in his godson's eyes and it just confused him.
"What made you realize this?" Harry could detect no malice, just curiosity. "What exactly did Remus tell you about the war?" Harry asked.
Sirius shrugged. "Not a whole lot. Just that Snape had killed Dumbledore but that it wasn't his fault. That you had said while you were fighting Voldemort that Dumbledore asked him to and that you won. That is about all." Harry could detect pride in his voice when he mentioned Harry winning. He flushed slightly.
"I will admit that I absolutely hated the man prior to him killing Dumbledore and then after that hatred increased drastically. But there had come a point during the battle where I got a vision of Voldemort talking to Severus and I wanted to know what was going on so Hermione, Ron and I listened in. Voldemort decided to kill Severus because he thought it would help him with Dumbledore's wand." Harry decided to not go into details with the Hallows. Less people to think it is real the better. Besides that was a long conversation that he just didn't want to have.
"Even though I hated Severus, I couldn't help but be disgusted that Voldemort wasn't killing him for something he had done wrong. He was killing him because he thought that it would help him with the wand. Despicable." Harry said glowering.
Sirius tilted his head to the side. "Well that is a sound theory. I mean it is still repugnant but if Dumbledore's wand wasn't recognizing Voldemort as the owner then he would need to be the one to beat Snape to gain ownership." Sirius was surprised when identical grins broke out on their faces. He was missing something. He just had to be.
"Yeah but Severus wasn't the owner of the wand. Its allegiance had already belonged to someone else." Draco piped up.
Sirius furrowed his brows. "But how is that possible?"
"Draco was the true owner of the wand." When Sirius's mouth dropped open Harry and Draco let out chuckles. "Explain." Sirius said with a slight glare at their amusement.
"Well the night Dumbledore died... I was the one to disarm him." Draco said a little uncomfortably.
Sirius narrowed his eyes. "So you were a deatheater." The 'like your father' was left out but they could both detect that Sirius had wanted to say that. Harry glared at his godfather not liking the expression on his face. Draco could feel Harry's anger on his behalf and he put his arm around his waist. "It's alright." Draco told Harry. Harry wanted to argue and tell Draco that it wasn't alright, that it wasn't fair that he had to deal with so many people's suspicions. But the determined look on his future husband's face made him keep his mouth shut.
Draco looked up unflinchingly at the suspicious look his cousin was giving him. "Yes I was. The summer right before my sixth year I was dragged by Bellatrix and forced to become one. My father was locked in Azkaban after the break in at the Department of Mysteries right after your death. Because it was 'such an honor' to become a loyal servant that I was never given a choice. But to be honest with you if I had been given a choice I would have done it anyways." Sirius narrowed his eyes.
"Voldemort decided that he needed a base of operations and since my father was in Azkaban and clearly not needing it, our home was chosen. My mother wasn't asked. He invaded my house, he bullied my mother and demanded I become his next deatheater. I was 16. I knew that if I didn't do it he would kill me and my mother. If it had just been me than I would have told him to get bent. I never ever wanted to become a deatheater but I would do it all over again to save my mother." Sirius shifted uncomfortably once he realized that he misjudged him again.
"Immediately after being given the mark I was told that I had to kill Dumbledore." Sirius's eyes widened. Had Voldemort gone daft? "It was a punishment for my father's failure at the Ministry. It was either I kill him or he would kill me. He didn't threaten my mother outright but I knew that he would kill her too. I tried many times throughout the year to kill him but my heart wasn't in it. I knew I would never be able to kill him no matter how hard I tried. Plus, I didn't want to do it. I was running out of time and then the night he died he offered me protection for me and my mother. I had already disarmed him at this point and was going to accept his offer when the tower we were in was overrun by deatheaters. I couldn't do anything. They told me to kill Dumbledore but I couldn't do it. I just couldn't. That is when Severus showed up and he said the killing curse." Draco finished with narrowed eyes. Even though he knew that he would be constantly under suspicion it still stung. He didn't want to relive this memory but he was Harry's godfather.
Sirius wasn't sure what to say. "I'm sorry." Draco shrugged and didn't accept nor deny the apology. "You need to quit jumping to conclusions and talking about things you have no clue about. Draco is a wonderful person and he did not deserve your scorn." Harry demanded. Sirius appeared to be ashamed which was enough for Harry.
Harry picked back up where he had left off. "As Severus had lay dying, there was something about his face that drew me in. Voldemort had used Nagini to try and kill him and Severus's breathing was getting more and more labored. When he saw me he had memories leaking out of the wounds on his body. I collected them and got him inside the castle." Harry paused when Sirius let out a surprised noise.
"You saved him when you still thought he was the enemy?" He asked in disbelief. Harry shrugged. "There was something off about the situation so I just went with my gut instinct. Anyways, I watched the memories alone and they changed everything. There was a lot of information that Dumbledore had never told me in them. I saw a lot of the man's personal life and what kind of person he is like. The things he did for me... well I have never had someone do that for me. He hated me and yet he protected me more times than I can count. He was always looking out for me and I never knew it. I won't go into more details than that but you will just have to take my word." Harry said quietly as Draco threaded their fingers together.
"Does that make up for the awful way he treated you?" Sirius asked in doubt. Harry looked up at Sirius with a pitying look that set the man bristling.
"Yes. I should probably still dislike him but I just can't. You can't watch the things he went through and not be touched. You can't witness his life and your heart not go out to the man. The courage it took to do all of the things he has done blows my mind. Do I hate that he treated me like he did? Yes. Do I wish he hadn't? Yes. Do I think it was childish? You bet. But is it something I can't forgive? No. The war is over and I refuse to hold grudges for things like that. Everything Severus has done has been for my mother. She was his best friend and she remained that way even after losing her friendship. He didn't protect me despite being James Potter's son. No, he protected me because I am Lily Potter's son." Harry felt the pride that Draco held for his godfather and he knew that the same pride was running through his emotions too.
Sirius was blown away. If he hadn't been a painting, he knew he would need to take a seat. He still couldn't stand the man. But he could no longer deny that he had misjudged him... slightly. Snape would never be someone he could get along with. Too much bad history. Too many bad memories. Just seeing his face set his teeth to grinding. But he couldn't deny that he had protected Harry. He wished that Harry would go into more details, it might help him understand the man better. But if he was being honest with himself, he didn't want to know the man better. Perhaps this way it let him still hold onto some of his grudges.
"Alright, I can sort of see where you are coming from." Sirius begrudgingly admitted. Harry rolled his eyes. Merlin, Sirius could be so bloody stubborn! Harry couldn't stand it.
"You never did answer my question about why Kreacher thinks that Draco will make a good edition to the family. He is already a Black through Narcissa."
Harry and Draco shared a look. "What did Remus tell you about our relationship?" Draco asked.
Sirius arched a brow. "Just that you two were dating and that it was serious." Harry was torn from being really pleased that Remus hadn't told him about them being soulmates but also upset because now they would have to explain.
"Draco and I are soulmates." Harry said bluntly, not in the mood to ease him into it. But upon reflection Harry thought this was a mistake. Could a person in a painting die? It looked like Sirius was choking on his own spit... well if paintings had spit. This was hurting his head to think about.
Sirius had gaped momentarily before losing all of his painted brain cells. Say what? Soulmates. Merlin, he was grateful that he no longer felt the ache of never finding his other half. He couldn't believe that Harry had found his mate! It had been centuries since the last documented couple. To think that he actually knew someone who had found their soulmate was really something. It being Harry made it a million times better. He couldn't think of one person who would be more deserving than Harry.
"Wow." Sirius whispered in awe. Draco grinned. "That is the usual response." Harry shoved him playfully before resting his head on Draco's shoulder. Sirius smiled as he watched them. Now he could understand the longing look that Remus held when he had stared at them earlier. It also explained all the weird things that he kept catching these two do. It had seemed like they were just in tune to one another but it must be the bond! They were reading each other's emotions. That was pretty neat.
"Have you told a lot of people?" Sirius said in alarm. Harry's eyes widened at the panic in Sirius's eyes. "No. Just my parents, Uncle Sev, Remus, the twins, Pansy, Blaise, Bill and his wife. So ten people. That isn't that many." Draco said in confusion.
Sirius relaxed slightly. "I wouldn't recommend telling anyone else. Soulmates are revered but also heartbreakingly sad. I am sure you know this already but the Ministry would not take kindly to finding out about you two. They banned the knowledge from Hogwarts for a reason. I disagree with it but they still had their reasons. I myself wish I had never been told about soulmates. But that is because my soulmate died." Sirius said bitterly.
Harry and Draco shared startled looks. "What makes you say that?" Harry asked thickly as he tried to forget about Draco lying dead not too long ago. Draco wrapped his arms around Harry and held him tightly. Sirius gave them an odd look but answered the question anyways.
"It was the type of longing that I had. There are three stages of longing and mine was that of a dead soulmate." Harry and Draco furrowed their brows.
Sirius tilted his head in confusion. "You guys didn't know this?" Harry and Draco shook their heads. "There isn't a lot of information out there on soulmates and Lucius and Severus didn't know about that. Neither did Narcissa." Harry said wondering where Sirius got his information from.
"There is the Black family book on soulmates somewhere in this house. That is where I learned all of that from. Narcissa's parents might have held a different Black soulmate book or just told her the existence of soulmates without having a book if she didn't know about the stuff that I just mentioned." Sirius explained with a shrug.
Harry and Draco frowned. They hadn't come across it when they cleaned nor when they looked through the library. Harry could feel Draco's confusion. "I don't know either love." Harry said patting the arms wrapped around him completely missing Sirius's fond expression. "We could always ask Kreacher later." Draco supplied. Harry hummed in agreement.
"So Kreacher thinks that since you are soulmates that Draco is now a part of the family?" Sirius wondered. Harry shook his head. "No that's not it. It is because we are getting married." Sirius openly gaped at them.
Sirius let out a shaky laugh. "I would say you are too young but considering that you are soulmates and adults it wouldn't matter. Whatever works for you guys I guess." Harry beamed at Sirius and then proceeded to show him the engagement ring and the torque.
Sirius let out a squawk of disbelief at seeing the torque. He looked towards Draco in awe. Draco prepared himself mentally for the same reaction that Bill had given him. Harry narrowed his eyes but was surprised when Sirius let out a grin. "Now that really is a forever." He said a little choked up. For Draco to give Harry that was humbling. They could just get married and be soulmates here in this lifetime but to want to spend every lifetime together really showed how much Draco cared for Harry. "Wow... congratulations..." Sirius trailed off still looking in wonder.
Harry and Draco were rather pleased with this reaction. He knew that they wouldn't be able to tell people about being soulmates but they would have to tell people about the torque. The torque would never come off, it would always be there to symbolize the type of marriage that they would be performing. They would face a bunch of questions that wouldn't get answered, no one would understand why they wanted to do that ceremony. Harry honestly wasn't looking forward to that but marrying Draco far outweighed the negatives.
"Thank you." Harry said warmly as he swayed back and forth in Draco's arms loving the solid warmth that he always provided. Draco chuckled. "What are you doing?"
"I'm dancing, what's it look like to you?" Harry mumbled. Draco grinned. "You call this dancing?" He teased back. Draco turned Harry around and placed Harry's hands around his neck while his encircled Harry's waist. "This is dancing." Draco mumbled before placing a kiss to the top of Harry's head.
Harry grinned before pressing his face into Draco's neck and nuzzling the skin. "I suppose you are right." Harry conceded. Draco smirked. "I am always right Great Consort." Sirius's brows rose at the title. That was odd.
"How silly of me my Lord to have forgotten. My liege is always right and so smart, you are the smartest wizard in all the kingdom." Harry praised sarcastically. Draco's lips twitched. Sirius wrinkled his nose, what was with the titles? My Lord? They were a silly pair.
"You don't sound so confident my dear. I think I need a new advisor." Harry lifted his head up to glare at Draco. "Over my dead body." Draco raised his thumb and caressed Harry's cheek. "There is my spirited consort. My beautiful soulmate. There could never be another."
Harry's face flushed but was very pleased at his words. Harry gave no warning before jumping and securing his legs around Draco's waist. Draco let out a surprised breath of air and placed his hands on Harry's arse holding him up.
"I love you my Lord." Harry whispered as he stared down into Draco's eyes. Draco was lost momentarily in the love shining in Harry's eyes. "I love you too my beautiful consort." Draco whispered before slamming his lips against Harry's.
Harry groaned into the forceful kiss of Draco's. Yes. This is what he needed. After the crazy emotional day they had, Harry just needed the feel of Draco's body to feel grounded again. Harry broke the kiss to trail kisses down Draco's neck. Draco tilted his head to the side to allow Harry more access. He groaned when Harry bit down particular hard at a pulse point. "I want you Draco." Harry whispered in his ear.
Draco shivered and gripped Harry's arse tighter. "I need you inside me." Harry panted. Draco closed his eyes and let out a moan at Harry's words.
"Can you do that somewhere else!" Yelled a blushing Sirius. Harry was too far gone to be embarrassed.
"Take me to bed my liege." Harry demanded grinding into Draco. Draco bucked harshly before apparating them straight to their room.
"What odd roleplaying." Sirius said out loud in confusion. Kids these days, Sirius thought shaking his head.
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When they reappeared into the bedroom, Harry's head began to swim with flashes of another time.
"Come my dear." Dracott commanded as he held out his hand. "Yes, my liege." Harland replied through half lidded eyes. Dracott led Harland to the bed and gently pushed him on his back. "So beautiful." Dracott said in reverence as his hand caressed up and down Harland's skin. Harland flushed a pale pink all over at his lover's words.
"Beautiful." Draco whispered as he laid Harry down on the bed. "So gorgeous and all mine." Harry could feel the heat creep up on his skin. "M'not." Harry slurred as the sensation of Draco's hands on his skin ignited sparks along his body. Draco spelled their clothes away and climbed on top of Harry. "Do not argue with me my consort."
Harland opened his mouth to no doubt refute the praise but Dracott hushed him with a finger. "Silence love. Heed my praise for you are beautiful. Oh so beautiful." Dracott said between kisses to every new patch of skin that was unveiled as he undressed Harland. Harland arched his back when a particular sensitive spot caused him pleasure. "Yes. Be vocal my great consort. I want to hear your pleasure."
Harry who had been about to argue closed his mouth and listened to Draco's command. Draco kissed and suckled a trail of burning desire down Harry's body before settling between his thighs. "All of this is mine. Every piece of you." Draco rasped before nuzzling his face against Harry's leaking shaft. Harry gasped and arched his back. Without warning Draco swallowed him whole. Harry moaned loudly. "Draco!" Draco let Harry fall out of his mouth with a pop. "That's right. Be loud. I want to hear you scream as I pleasure your body." Harry shivered at the pure want his words ignited in his body. Draco took Harry into his mouth again, hallowing his cheeks. Harry couldn't hold back the moans if he wanted to.
The finger that had previously silenced Harland was back pressing against his mouth along with two others. Harland opened his mouth and wrapped his tongue around those long digits before sucking them into his mouth, wetting them heavily. Dracott removed his fingers when he felt that they were significantly saturated. Dracott covered Harland's body with his own. He leaned down to kiss Harland as one of his fingers breached the tight ring of Harland's anus. "Yes." Harland panted against Dracott's lips.
Draco could feel the telltale signs that Harry was going to finish. He pulled off Harry and summoned the lube. As Draco started to slowly prepare Harry he couldn't help but watch his lover's face twisted in pleasure. Harry loved the intensity of Draco's half lidded eyes, his grey eyes were darkened in his lust. "Now! I am ready." Harry demanded panting heavily. Draco chuckled darkly. "Patience my love."
"I require you this instant!" Harland commanded. He wasn't going to be able to last unless Dracott stopped. Dracott let out a breath of longing. "Your lack of forbearance fosters fire in my loins." Harland would have grinned in response but a particularly hard thrust of those wicked fingers had him gasping for air. When Dracott pulled his fingers away, Harland made a noise of discord. Dracott chortled at his lover's disappointment before lining his penis against that tight ring of muscles and sliding in slowly. Harland moaned loudly at the stretch and burn as Dracott slid inside him.
"Please." Harry begged shamelessly. All he could think about was getting Draco inside him. Draco groaned, he loved it when Harry begged him. Draco lubed up his cock and slowly rubbed the head around the puckered entrance. "You want this? Is this what you wanted?" Draco asked as he slowly slipped the head in and stopped. Harry groaned in frustration. "Don't tease me." Harry begged. Draco was a goner when he looked into those expressive green eyes that were darkened with pure want. Draco slammed the rest of the way in. "Yes! Like that!" Harry screamed. This is what he wanted.
Dracott stilled once he was all the way in and leaned forward until his hands were on either side of Harland's head. Dracott licked and kissed the side of Harland's neck. Harland wrapped his legs around his lover's waist and thrusted letting Dracott know that he was ready. "I love you Harland." Dracott whispered as he slowly but firmly slid in and out of his beloved's body. The gentle way that he was being taken and the sweet words caused Harland's eyes to burn. "I love you too Dracott." Dracott lifted his head and kissed away the tears that slowly slid down his consort's cheeks.
Draco leaned forward and gathered Harry into his arms as he furiously pounded inside him. "So good." Draco moaned into Harry's ears. Draco looked down and slowed his hips immediately at the pure love that he could see shining in Harry's eyes. Harry made a disappointed noise when Draco slowed but quickly moaned when Draco started hitting his prostate with each slow push inside. The emotions that Harry could feel from Draco were distracting him. The pure lust had merged with their love and now Harry was overwhelmed with it all. "I love you Draco." Harry sobbed losing control of his emotions. Draco lifted one hand up to gently push away the tears that leaked down Harry's cheeks. "I love you too Harry."
The steady feel of Dracott's throbbing member inside him and the energy spark that permeated his entire being when he hit that special spot was too much. Harland knew he was close to climaxing. Dracott could tell by the increase in volume of Harland's pleasure that his lover was nearing his plateau. Dracott increased the movements of his hips and slid his hand down to wrap his slender fingers around Harland's shaft. Harland arched his back, that extra sensation was what pushed him over the edge. White light burst behind his eyes as his climax hit full force, spilling between their bodies. With the slick feel of Harland's fluids, Dracott couldn't hold back. He thrusted twice more before stilling completely and spilling his seed deep inside his lover.
Harry couldn't remember them ever having sex like this before. Draco was making love to him and showing his body how loved and cared for it was. Harry tried to meet Draco's thrusts but it was difficult. Harry was moaning incoherently every time his prostate was hit. "So big. So full." Harry meant more than just Draco's cock. He meant the love Draco was filling him with was also big and filled him completely. By the shining of Draco's eyes, he picked up the double meaning. Draco increased his pace as he wrapped his hand around Harry's dick. Harry bucked wildly at the touch to his member. It was too much. Harry clenched his eyes shut and shouted when his orgasm rushed over him and he came spurting thick ropes of come between them. The clenching of Harry's tight arse was too much for him. Draco slammed into Harry one final time and came deep inside of him with a shout of ecstasy.
Harland was boneless and pliant in the aftermath, not able to do anything but pant. Dracott slid slowly out of Harland and gathered him into an embrace. Dracott smiled down at Harland before sliding his fingers through the messy hair. "You are mine Harland. My love. My heart. My beloved. My world. My kingdom. My consort. My everything." Harland buried his face into Dracott's chest and let out a sob at the overwhelming sweetness of his words. Harland wanted to speak, to tell Dracott how much he meant to him. He wanted to voice the pure love that his heart held for the man but when he opened his mouth he was silenced. "Hush my love. I know." Dracott kissed the top of Harland's head. "Sleep. I shall watch over you." Dracott demanded. Harland closed his eyes and basked in the feel of being so safe inside his lover's arms. The sweet sound of Morpheus called him and lulled him into darkness.
Draco pulled out of Harry and collapsed next to him. Harry wanted to pull Draco into his arms but he was too exhausted, too out of it. Luckily Draco understood this and he pulled Harry into his arms. Draco wrapped his arms around Harry and nestled the man's head into his neck. Something was niggling in the back of Harry's mind. A sense of Deja vu. "You are mine Harry. My love. My heart. My beloved. My world. My kingdom. My consort. My everything." Harry froze. Why did that sound familiar? He was sure that Draco had never said anything like that to him before. Harry and Draco gasped as the memories of another life slammed into them.
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Authors Notes:
Okay what did you think? I wasn't going to have Harry and Draco rehash everything. I would be repeating myself and that didn't sound appealing. So I had them only tell him what was necessary for now.
Now what did you think about the other memory that was shown? I know the names are... odd but there wasn't a whole lot of options. I didn't want to use Hadiran or Harold that a lot of other stories use when they change Harry's name. Harland just kind of came to me. It isn't the best but it will do. Now Dracott... lol that one was difficult! I was scrambling with trying to come up with something. The name Draco is hard to work with. Now I could have just gone with completely different names since it was the past and a different life but I liked the idea that their names somewhat resembled their current ones.
Now tomorrow's chapter will go into detail on what I left out of this chapter and then Tuesday is the burrow. I know it has been stretched out for a while now. But sometimes the story writes itself and I just have to follow it.
Let me know what you thought of this chapter. :)
-XxTheDarkLordxX