Surprises for Severus and For Charlie

Main Pairings:

Harry/Hadrian and Severus Snape

Draco/Draconis and Charlie Weasley

PROLOGUE:

It had been four months since the defeat of Voldemort and the whole castle had been restored to its former glory so quickly that the professors, both new and old, were getting ready for a new teaching year. Many of the returning professors were praying for a peaceful year or one without too many crazy surprises. The main reason for a lot of the new professors was the fact that a lot of the surviving professors from the battle decided that it was time to retire, but the year had not even started when the first surprise happened. It happened the day when Severus Snape walked into the Great Hall looking only half of his true age and more confident than ever. He even looked like he had had a complete wardrobe makeover except when it came to the color of his clothes. On this day he was wearing a pair of black skin tight muggle name brand jeans, a black tight t-shirt with a muggle band on its front, a pair of black muggle boots, and a black vest style outer robe. He had even pulled his just below the shoulder length hair back in a low ponytail while his eyes shone like polished onyxes. Everyone was shocked to see the young potion master in the school once more let alone alive after being attacked by Nagini. He headed straight up to Headmistress McGonagall and handed her a vial of silvery liquid. When she looked at him, he pointed his head to the pensive standing in the corner as if to tell her to look into his memories of everything he had done over the last eighteen years. Giving him one last look, she did as he asked of her and went into his memories to find out that everything that she thought she knew about the man was wrong. When she came back up out of the pensive, she looked sheepishly over at Severus and nodded as if to say that she now knew the truth.

"I am sorry that I treated you so harshly, Severus, I now see it was unwarranted with all things considered. Would you care to be returned to your former post as Potions Professor and Head of Slytherin House? Or would you prefer to be my Deputy Headmaster and Head of Slytherin House?"

"My former post will be just fine with me, thank you. Oh. Minerva, can I please speak to you in private? It is of some importance that you know something."

"Of course, but you are going to have to explain how you survived getting bit by Nagini so many times. I know you have the scars where she bit you, but the venom in her bite is fatal."

"I am a Potion Master and all I had to do was carry this with me," Severus said as he pulled his hand out of his robe pocket with a vial of red liquid. "Yes, I still carry it with me and it is permanently sealed since there is no use for a vial of anti-venom the strength to go against Nagini's venom."

"Cunning as the house you head, but still very brilliant as ever. Severus, I am glad you did survive this battle after all because the other houses are going to have new people heading them."

"I will be glad to help in any way I can, Minerva. If there is anything I learned from this war, it was to stop living in the past and live for the now. As you can tell, I have gained some new habits when it comes to my hygiene and my appearance. Although, I will not change my preferred color in clothes because I still need something that feels familiar to me for a little while longer."

"That is fine, Severus. It would not be you if you wore any other color than black, but I see that you have had change of heart when it comes to the style of clothing you wear. Muggle jeans, muggle t-shirts, muggle footwear, but wizarding robes as usual. A fine choice in clothing I must say Severus and you know how to pick them to fit you quite well. They leave almost nothing to the imagination and I know your mate will also think so. If you are done here for the time being, let's go to my office that way we can talk to me about what is on your heart, young man. It must be about your mate finally coming into his creature inheritance for you are looking younger than your forty years."

Looking at the Headmistress, Severus could do nothing but blush at the thought of him finally having a mate. When he heard her laughter, could not help the blush on his cheeks deepen in color, which made him look even younger than he already did. As they walked into the Headmistress' office, they remained silent as to keep everyone else from overhearing his current situation. Once they were safely inside the office, Severus went over to sit in the armchair in front of desk only to be called over to the chairs in front of the fireplace.

"Now Severus, tell me about your mate and whatever you do, don't skip any details. I may be old, but I am not dead and I could use all of the excitement I can get."

"Well, I have only heard him in my dreams, and yes, you heard me right. My mate is a very powerful wizard. Yes to your next question, too. I am gay and have been waiting for my mate for half of my life. His very voice gives me goose bumps and I could just about explode every time he entered my dreams. He says that when I get to finally lay my eyes on him, I will nearly hit the floor due to being weak kneed. His voice is enough to do that as it is, Minerva. His voice is like silky honey being poured over the nerves and over the body. I swear he has been in my dreams since the fall of Voldemort and I think he has been sending his patronus to me or at least my place at Spinner's End with exquisite gifts."

"What kind of gifts? They had better be good ones."

"Candles that have exotic smells, colognes that also have exotic smells, and he has even sent men's jewelry to me. Though, I think his sweetest gifts are the simple ones like the moon flowers, or the candies he has sent me from time to time," Severus said with his eyes closed as he remembered how he felt when he found the first bouquet of the moon flowers on his front step.

Suddenly, a wolf patronus stepped out of the fireplace with a mouth full of Moon flowers and Snow roses. Severus gave a nervous smile as he looked at Minerva and waited for the wolf to do whatever it was meant to do this time around. They watched as it walked over to Severus, then both Minerva and Severus heard the silky honeyed voice of his mate. As he sat there, Severus had to pray that his body did not betray him.

"Hello, Headmistress. Hello, luv. I hope one of my many patronuses has found you in good health, although the rest of my patronuses may have dropped off gifts for you in either your private quarters at the school or your home on Spinner's End. The flowers are for you, as always, my beloved raven. You are my beautiful raven and I hope you find the flowers as beautiful as I find you," the voice said as the wolf gently laid the bouquet on to Severus' lap. "I am looking forward to seeing you at the beginning of the New Year on September 1st."

The wolf looked as if it was about to turn to leave when it turned its head and looked over its shoulder as if it had another message to deliver. When it locked eyes with Severus, the message was spoken to him, but was heard by both.

"I promise you won't recognize me until you look into my eyes or until I drop the glamours. I have had a great summer of change and growth. I am now standing at six feet and six inches tall. See you then, luv," the voice said as the wolf licked Severus on the nose as if it was giving him a kiss.

"I can see why you get the goose bumps from just his voice. Damn. That was bloody hot."

Severus gave a low growl in warning, which the motherly matron heeded quickly, for she gave a sheepish grin and apologized for speaking her thoughts out loud. Smiling, Severus nodded as if to tell Minerva that she was forgiven because he knew she was only speaking the truth about what she had heard. He could not stop the smile that graced his face when he brought the flowers to his nose and took a smell of them.

"Beautiful as always and that is how he sees me in my dreams. I just wish that I could see what he looks like because I sure do not want to pass out in front of all the new students that are coming here in a few days just because I was unprepared for his looks."

"Forgive me, Severus, but with a voice like that he is going to be drop dead gorgeous. The best thing is that as long as you keep it on the down low, you can have your mate even if he is a seventh year student because he is of legal age. I mean he is eighteen years old."

"You need to stop putting imagines into my mind, Minerva, because I am having some very hot imagines going through my mind as it. They all have him on his knees in between my thighs and giving me every bit of pleasure he can while I am looking over my shoulder at him."

"Okay. On that note, I think you need to go take an ice cold shower to calm your raging needs."

"Okay, I will leave you to your wishes," Severus said as he began to leave the office with his new bouquet of flowers in his arms and a smile gracing his face once again.

"He is going to fall hard and fast for his mate when he gets here, but I think his mate is already in love with him by the fact that he is sending courting gifts to him from wherever he is without a care," Minerva said to herself after the door to her office closed.

"You are right, Minerva. Severus is going to fall hard and fast for his mate while his mate has already fallen for him. I will give you a clue to who it is that has our resident Potion Master's heart all a flutter. You thought of him as a grandson."

"Harry?"

"His real name is Hadrian Orion Black-Malfoy and he is soon to be the King of the Dark Veelas. That means that Severus has been chosen to be his male queen and life mate."

Meanwhile at the Burrow, Hadrian was coming down the stairs and rubbing the spot on his head where he had hit on a low hanging cross beam that was now a hazard to his head at his new height. In fact, the whole house shook when he hit his head on the beam. Six heads popped out over the banister to check on Hadrian and find out how bad he hurt himself.

"You okay, mate?"

"Yeah, I just have to remember to duck a little further down when going under the beams. I am a bit taller than I used to be and that can be a problem sometimes."

"What do you mean, mate? You can't be that much taller than any of us Weasley guys," Ron called out from somewhere near the top of the staircase.

"Just come down here and see for yourself, Ron. Bring the others down with you, so that all of you guys can see how much I have changed over the summer," Hadrian called back up the staircase at the laughing red head.

"Okay, I will be down in ten minutes. I still say that there is no way that you are taller than me and if you then you had better explain yourself mate."

By the time Ron had made it down the stairs half of his family was standing there in utter shock over the change in Hadrian's appearance since the war. As he turned the corner to go into the sitting room area, Ron ran smack into his friend's chest. When he looked up, Ron saw that Hadrian had gained a good foot in height over him. He also began noticing the other changes that had happened to his friend's appearance. First, he noticed that his friend was not wearing his glasses on his face. He noticed that Hadrian's hair had smoothed out to a curtain of black silk hanging down until hung just below his shoulders, he had widened at the shoulders and his chest was more barreled, which led to a slightly narrowed waist. Taking in his friend's stance he could see the corded muscles that made up his legs and then he noticed that his friend now sporting a pair of well-muscled arms as well.

"Before you ask why I am not wearing my glasses, it is because I have no need for them anymore. Yes, I was wearing glamours."

"Why on earth would you do that, Harry? Don't you trust us?"

By the time that Ron had come to his senses, he was noticing that Hadrian was getting into a verbal fight with Ginny and his mom over the fact that he had a mate that would not allow Ginny anywhere near him. When he was asked who his mate was, he would just smile and say that they would have to wait and see for themselves who it was.

"Well, whoever she is, will not win without a fight from me," Ginny said while glaring at Hadrian as if to tell him that he might as well get that through his thick skull.

"I don't think you could beat my mate in a duel, Ginny, because he is very well versed in all of the fighting curses, hexes, and charms. Yes, I said that my mate is a male. Yes, I am gay and I am going to love my mate with all of my heart for a veela, no matter if they are dark or light, cannot live without the love of their mate. I would like for you all to come with me to Gringotts Bank, so I can claim my birthright today."

"I am not going because I will not listen to you brag about what all you are getting being the last heir to the Potter name," Ron said angrily while holding his younger sister who was visibly shaken at Hadrian confession about his sexuality. "I don't want you around my family any more. I hope you rot in whatever hell you and your mate make with each other."

"I had a feeling that my confession would make you feel this way and I understand that. I have already packed my stuff and put it in my charmed backpack. See you in the Great Hall and in class," Hadrian said as he headed for the door with a sad look in his eyes and on his face.

Once he had walked past the gate, Hadrian apparated to Gringotts to talk to Griphook about all of his inheritances. When Griphook said that it would be better to take the conversation to a quieter part of the bank, Hadrian began to get a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. They went to a lower level of the bank where there was a soundproof office in which they could talk without anything getting leaked to the press. Sitting there, Hadrian read all of the documents that Griphook had brought with him and getting madder by the moment at what had been done to him by those he thought he could trust. That included the former headmaster. By the time he had finished reading the last parchment, he was shaking with anger and rage.

"I will deal with the Weasleys on the first day of school, but I am going to deal with the dead man's carcass tonight and the whole wizarding world will know that I have reclaimed what was mine."

"Of course, your highness. I think it is beyond time for you to take your rightful place in society and claim your mate. Whoever your mate is, they will count himself lucky to have you as their mate. Oh. Here is the ring of the Royal Dark Veelas, which has been in your mother's family for so many centuries and generations that they have lost track."

"Well, all I am going to say the people on this parchment will be paid back in kind as to how they treated me. The lying thieves are going to find out why you don't steal from a Royal. Especially, not one that trained you in how to fight against someone who, in all reality, was just pathetic in fighting. There is a reason why my father chose Severus for my mate. He knew Severus would love me no matter what and that he would do anything to protect me for harm. He tried doing that very thing throughout this stupid war."

"You need to see your birth record, your Highness. It is a very interesting read."

"Very well. Hand it here, please," Hadrian said as he waited for the parchment to be place into his hand.

What he read did shock him.

BIRTH RECORD OF PRINCE HADRIAN ORION POTTER

Child's Name: Prince Hadrian Orion Potter (?)

Father's Name: King James Charlus Potter (?)

Mother's Name: Queen Sirius Orion Black-Potter

Date of Birth: July 31, 1981

Creature: Dark Veela/Animagus

Place of Birth: London, England

Siblings: twin brother (deceased or missing?)

Godfather: Remus John Lupin

Godmother: Lily Evans (deceased)

Mate: Severus Tobias Snape-Prince

"Griphook, why is there a question mark after the word 'deceased or missing' next to the mentioning of a twin brother? Not to mention the question mark by my father's name and my own name."

"Because, you were born at the palace of the Veelas and everyone knew that Sirius was pregnant with twins, but only one of the children survived or so they thought. That was you supposedly, but there have always been rumors that the twin was given to someone else to raise so you would have no challenge to the throne of the Dark Veelas. Now, I have no idea why there is a mark next to your father's name unless the rumor is true that your mother had an affair with a certain someone and you got your dark hair from your mother because the man that your mother was having the affair with was blonde haired."

"Did my mother name my brother?"

"Draconis."

"I want the Malfoy family here now. I have a feeling that I have known my twin for a long time and just did not it."

"It would take some doing, your Highness."

"I don't care, but get them here," Hadrian growled lowly as if to warn that failure was not allowed.

"Absolutely, Your Highness. Let me go fire call Narcissa and Draco for Lucius is currently imprisoned in Azkaban prison, but there has been new information that has come to light to show that he was actually a spy for the light and had to act like a death eater. Hopefully, your possible father will be out of prison soon. He is a true family man among men if there ever was one. I shall return shortly with them in tow hopefully," Griphook said as he left the room.

Two doors down, Griphook was able to use the fireplace to get a hold of both Narcissa and Draco to tell them that they were needed at Gringotts immediately if possible. Of course, they agreed to come by floo to the very room that Griphook was using to make it easier. Stepping out of the way, Griphook was joined by the two quickly. He told them to follow him to a room two doors down to talk someone very important in the Veela world. The pair shared a confused look as to why they would have caught the attention of the Veela High Council.

"It is not the High Council that is wanting to talk to you, but the soon to be new King of the Dark Veelas that would like to talk you. His royal Highness Prince Hadrian Orion Potter," Griphook said as he opened the door for them.

As they stepped into the room, Narcissa took in a sharp breath while Draco stared at Hadrian with a look of a kindred spirit bond. When Draco broke the stare, he looked at the woman he had known as mother for the last eighteen years of his life with a look that demanded answers from her.

"What is going on here and why do I look like a pale version of the new, improved, and important Harry Potter?"

"Draconis, you are not who you raised up to be. You are truly one of the two lost princes of the last royal family. That family name was Black-Potter and Harry's real name is Hadrian, but in truth and in your mother's heart he was always a Black-Malfoy. I was the nursemaid to the royal family and I was asked by Queen Sirius that I take the blond hair fair skinned child away before the king noticed that he had been unfaithful to him. The same night that he had sexual intercourse with the king, he also had it with Lucius, of course before the king."

"WHAT?!"

"Queen Sirius was having an affair with Lucius behind the king's back because he was not a very giving man when it came to his time and half the time the queen was very lonely. I knew that Lucius and Sirius were mates, but James was a very jealous person that was not about to let Lucius claim Sirius as his mate. I wanted to intervene on Lucius' behalf, but he told me that Sirius and himself had been talking and had come up with a plan of how to remain mates, yet keep him in the dark. I did not mind it since I could not have children of my own and if he could have one by another then he would finally give him an heir."

"So, am I not King James' child?"

"Hadrian, you are possibly his child while Draconis on the other hand is definitely not. The child takes after the father. Except you did not. You are more like Sirius in a lot of ways. I would know after all, for we were cousins."

"I am so confused right now."

"Come with me boys and I will explain everything using the family tapestry that hangs on the wall at the palace."

"There is a ritual that can be done to sort out which twin belongs to which man, that is if you two young men would like to find out," Griphook said while he watched the two young men before him.

"Yes, please. I am so tired of secrets and lies that I want to know everything that has been hidden from me for the last eighteen years," Hadrian said while Draco nodded in agreement.

"Very well, Your Highnesses. I will need a drop of your blood each and when it lands on this parchment, it will cause your family tree to come to life. Mind you that it is from Sirius that the royal bloodline comes from," Griphook said as he began the ritual for the two.

As they watched, both Hadrian and Draco saw that, in fact, Lucius had fathered them both and Hadrian had taken after his mother in looks. Looking at each other, the brothers hugged while leaning their foreheads against each other. It was like they were trying to repair a damaged bond between them and it was at this very moment that the tears fell from their eyes. Narcissa knew that they would need to see their true home to really be able to heal.

"You know that you, Prince Hadrian, a Black-Malfoy. Just like it does Draco because you two are full blood twins."

She motioned for the two young men to take a hold of her arms and that she would explain everything as she had promised. After grabbing a hold of her arms, the three apparated out of Gringotts to the palace of the veela royals. Narcissa walked the boys into the grand study and over to where the tapestry was.

"Boys, as you can see part of your family is the Black family while the other half is Malfoy. Both of you have the ability to shift into animagi."

"That is right, mom is an animagus. He can shift into a big black dog."

"Are you saying that the big black dog that has been seen with you over the last few months is mom?"

"Yes, mom is still alive and very well protected by the fact that Dumbledick never found out that the dog that I called Padfoot is indeed Sirius. If you would like to meet your long lost mom, I can called for him to come back to the palace."

"Please, Hadrian. I want to meet mother."

"I would like to see my cousin as well. It has been way too long since I seen him last. Call him back to the palace, your Majesty."

With a nod of his head, Hadrian sent his patronus out to find Sirius and to tell him to come to the palace home of the royals. Once the patronus had the message, the stag took off like a bat through the night. It did not take the small group long to make their way through the palace, but it took the twins fifteen minutes to clean the place up using their magic. The second that they were done Hadrian's patronus came back with a message that Sirius would be there as soon as he could Buckbeak to fly there. Hadrian could not stop the smile that crossed his face at the squeal of his twin, who was now bouncing on the balls of his feet with excitement. It was almost dampened when Lucius' patronus came into the entryway of the palace with a bow and a request to join them as they waited for Sirius to arrive and that he would explain everything to them in great detail once Sirius was among them. Looking at Narcissa as if asking her what they should do.

"Let him in for I believe he has a chunk of the missing story that you two need to hear. Besides, think about how happy your mother would be if he saw Lucius when he arrives. He would most likely start trying to chase his own tail," Narcissa said as she began to laugh. "The only way that Lucius knew to come here to find you two is the fact that the bond that is part of your blood told the wards to let him know that you were here. Yes, I am serious about your mother trying to chase his own tail over being so happy to see your father."

"You wouldn't be upset?"

"No because the truth is Lucius and Sirius were soul mates only to be slightly torn apart from each other by James' jealousy of Lucius and Sirius' relationship. The only reason why I married Lucius was because he was slowly dying without a mate. It slowed the dying process down to a crawl, but I can't keep him alive forever. Not like having his mate could. Now, it is just a waiting game to see who is going to arrive first. Oh, I got an owl this morning about your father and the charges that were brought against him. They have been dropped all together because I showed the memories that your father had stored away from everyone except me in case if this situation was to happen."

Suddenly, there was a popping noise that startled them all and before them stood a very cleaned up Queen Sirius Orion Black-Malfoy. Before Sirius knew what had hit him, he had his arms full of his long lost sons, who by now were acting like young kits whimpering like they were trying hard to hide the tears that wanted to escape their eyes and get at the love they sensed that had been hidden within the walls of Sirius' heart. The second that Sirius realized that he was now holding his twin grown sons, he began to let the tears fall from his eyes. This brought on the tears from both Draco and Hadrian as well along with their kittish whimpers for the love that he holds deep in his heart for his and his mate's sons. Narcissa stood there smiling with tears in her eyes over the joyful reunion. Now, they were just waiting for Lucius to make his appearance at the palace when out of the blue another, much quieter pop was heard by Narcissa and she looked around to find that Lucius stood in the doorway watching his mate and the boys he helped create. He stood there for a few moments drinking in the sight of watching his family coming back together after all of the tragedy that had befallen all of the members and he had to smile a very poignantly sad smile. He also had to thank the powers that be that all of his family had pulled through fairly unscathed. It was at this moment that he decided that it was time to let the other three know that he had made it and had been watching.

"Draconis and Hadrian, this is very unbecoming behavior for a Malfoy, but I guess for a pair of Black-Malfoy boys, it would be very fitting behavior," Lucius said as he watched both young men jump away from Sirius. "Hello Sirius, my love. You still look every bit as beautiful as I remember you to be."

At hearing his long lost love speak to him, Sirius' knees buckled and he hit the floor like he did not have the will to stand before the man he loved with all of his heart. They looked at each other with eyes that were filled with both love and tears as Lucius knelt in front of his beloved mate. On either side of them sat one of the young men, holding back from just throwing their arms around them and hugging the life out of them.

"Thank Merlin you are safe now, my love. I worried every day that you end up in that place when you did not deserve to be there."

"Lucius, my love, for fourteen years I was in Azkaban prison for a crime I did not commit. I was put there by Dumbledore just to get me out of the way of his grand plan and he just about destroyed our oldest son by putting him with James' slut Lily's magic-hating muggle family members."

"Oh, sweetheart. How did you keep from losing your mind in there worrying about our boys? Yes, I know I had Draco, but that does not cover Hadrian. He did take quite a few beatings, but there was nothing that could be done at the time."

"I prayed that Hadrian's magic would protect him til he came back into our world and went to Hogwarts. I knew deep in my heart that he was suffering at that monster's hands and I knew that the moment you figured out the truth you would end Hadrian's suffering."

"When the time was right, those muggles did get paid back for what they had done to my oldest son in full. I did not go to their home alone though. I had Severus with me and he helped dish out their punishment."

"So, it is true that you killed Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia."

"I did not kill that bitch, Petunia. Severus did that with great relish I assure you, my son, because he said that he felt it was his duty to protect what would soon be his. I just killed the two whales that walked on two legs. Although, I would have to say that they sounded more like pigs as they were dying," Lucius said with a look of great disgust.

This statement caused the twins to bust up laughing and soon they were joined by Sirius. Once he had thought about what he had said, Lucius began to laugh as well and then the small group was reminded of Narcissa's presence when she started laughing.

"Well, at least, I don't have to get all medieval on their asses for the beatings they gave my poor little cousin. What did Severus mean by what he said to you, Lucius?"

"I can answer that. Severus and I are meant to be mates, but we have not consummated the bond, yet. Of course, I can't wait to see his reaction to the new and improved me. It is going to be priceless to be sure," Hadrian said with a wicked gleam in his eyes.

"I just wish I could find my mate. I feel so alone right now and I don't like this feeling."

"Oh, Draco. Your mate is still out there looking for you and they will be so lucky when they find that you are their mate, they will dance with joy over the thought of having you forever," Hadrian said as he drew his brother in for a brotherly hug. "Just you wait and see."

"I know, but the wait is so nerve racking."

"Maybe you will see in your dreams soon."

The small family moved into the small sitting room off to the right of the entryway to talk some more when Draco suddenly went silent and stood absolutely still as if he was looking at someone that only he could see. The small smile that graced his face let all present know that he had finally saw the face of his mate.

"Draco, who is it?"

"It is a handsome older man by the name of Charles Weasley. Ron's older brother, the one who trains dragons."

Hadrian looked at the expressions that were crossing the faces of his parents and Narcissa only to find that they were accepting of this bit of news. When he looked back at his twin, his brother still had that dreamy look in his eyes. He had to shake his head as he was about to start laughing at his younger brother. They decided to finish their little talk over the first meal that they would share as a family.

CHAPTER ONE:

Two mornings later, Lucius and Sirius walked their sons to the Hogwarts Express so they would not miss their train ride to Hogsmeade Village where they would be getting picked up by the same man that had picked them up as first years. This year they would be also greeted by the Centaurs of the Forbidden Forest. In fact, the Centaurs asked to be the one to deliver the seventh years to their final year of schooling at Hogwarts. They were granted their request as long as the leader Firenze was the one to bring Hadrian on his back while his second in command brought Draco. When he asked why, he was told that he and his second would have the great honor of bringing the lost Royal Veela twins to their last year in the hallowed halls of the school. Once he was given the reason, Firenze agreed for both himself and his second in command. Once he gave the command to his clan and the reason they headed towards Hogsmeade at a full gallop to make it on time to meet the train.

It was now only hours til the feast that would officially re-open Hogwarts as a school and Snape felt very nervous because he knew that his mate would finally make his appearance back at the school. Hadrian could feel the nervousness coming off of his mate easily through the little bond that had been established through the dreams that they have shared. When he laughed lightly, Draco looked over at him with a strange look as if to ask 'What is up with you?', which only made Hadrian laugh harder.

"Severus, he is so nervous right now about my arrival that he is actually primping himself like he is some kind of queen."

Draco just laughed at the mental image that came to his mind once words had left his twin's mouth.

"Why am I not surprised by the fact that he wants to look his best for you? He took a real interest in his personal hygiene after the war ended and he had survived the multiple bites from Nagini. Hey, can you slip into his mind and see if it is true that he has some damage to his skin around his neck?"

"I can try, but I have to be sly about it because I don't him knowing that I am trying to peek in on him. Although, I know he does have some scars from the bites he took when Nagini attacked him."

"Well, be very easy when you slip into his mind because I bet he is fretting so much that he is about to make himself sick over not knowing what to expect when it comes to you."

"If he is then this may turn into a calming session for him from me because I will not have my mate so upset that he cannot enjoy himself at the feast."

"You are so hooked on him that it isn't…."

"What is it, brother?"

"Charlie, is going to be there. He is going to be Hagrid's assistant in what they have him teaching, which is The Care of Magical Creatures. So, both of us are going to be dating teachers this year," Draco said with a laugh.

"Oh Merlin, we are going to need help in more ways than one. Look who is looking into our compartment," Hadrian said as he pointed at the door of the compartment.

"Hey, it's that your ex-boyfriend from last Christmas? What is his name, Seamus Finnegan?"

"Yep, and I will never understand what made me think that he was good looking in the first place, but then I gave him my heart only to watch him give it away the very next day."

"Hey, you could sing the song called 'Last Christmas' by Wham to him and then let him watch you walk over to your mate. Plus, I think that you should give your mate a very passionate kiss right in front of him."

"Are you sure you aren't a Gryffindor? That is something only a Gryffindor would pull off."

"True, but I am the proud Slytherin brother of a very powerful Gryffindor."

"You are a true ass kissing Slytherin. You do know that right," Hadrian said which caused everybody in the compartment to bust up laughing.

"I only kiss your ass, brother. And our parents, but nobody else," Draco responded with just as much wit as his twin, causing everyone to double over with laughter. "Oh, I forgot my mate, Charlie. That is only when I do get to let him claim all of this."

That only caused them to laugh harder and louder than they already were when Draco smacked his own ass while he stood up. This made the people in the neighboring compartments look in with strange looks upon their faces. The group laughed and joked for the next thirty minutes until they composed themselves. The rest of the train ride was spent in a comfortable silence between the brothers and the friends, who had finally found and joined them in the compartment, which had accepted that they were brothers along with owing to help protect their true identity from those who would harm them. The friends were Pansy Parkinson, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, and Blaise Zabini. They told the twins that they were honor to act as their bodyguards until they got to the school. When the train pulled into the station, everyone noticed that there others standing with Hagrid on the platform. In fact, it was the centaurs from the Forbidden Forest. Hadrian and Draco were the first two off the train only to find out that they were going the last leg of the journey to Hogwarts on the backs of the Centaurs. Hadrian climbed up onto Firenze's back while Draco climbed up onto Watenlily back. The whole group took off once everyone was settled on who they were going on.

As they walked into the Great Hall, the small group noticed that the Sorting Hat was out and waiting to sort the first years into their houses, but Hadrian had been holding a secret the whole train trip back to the school. He was going to be resorted into his true house and he knew that the sorting hat will shout it out that the most powerful wizard living had actually been a snake in lion's fur all along. Smiling to himself, he could not wait to see the relieved look on his mate's face when the hat shouts out that single word.

"Welcome back, students. Welcome to you new students. I am your Headmistress, Professor McGonagall and this is your deputy Headmaster Professor Lucius Abraxas Malfoy. He will also be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts with his assistant Professor Sirius Orion Black."

Both Hadrian and Draco looked up towards the head table and saw that, in fact, their parents were sitting there with the biggest smiles on their faces. Next to them was none other than Severus Snape looking like he was about to pass out from depression of not seeing his mate right away.

"Man, brother. Your mate looks absolutely miserable right now. I think it is time for you to reveal yourself before he starts bawling like a damn baby."

"I will after I get resorted into my proper house here at the school. I will drop my glamours and turn to him to say hello to him."

"As you all notice, Hagrid has a new assistant as well. This is Professor Charlie Weasley and yes he is the older brother of Ron. Now, I would like to start with the students that have asked to be resorted. First, Harry Potter or should I call you by your real name of Hadrian Orion Black-Malfoy? Yes, Albus told me about the truth behind your name."

"I am not ashamed of my name and I would prefer that I be called by it, please," Hadrian said as the glamours on his voice dropped off and poor Severus' eyes just about bugged out of his head.

"Hello, Your Highness. I see that you have come to your senses finally and wish to be put into your proper house, which is…. SLYTHERIN!"

"Thank you, hat. For letting me have a second chance," Hadrian said as his appearance began to change.

Right before his eyes, Severus watched the glamours drop off of Hadrian to show his true form and when Hadrian turned to face him, Severus felt the air leave his lungs. As the light headed feeling hit him, Severus began to fall sideways, but was caught by Charlie. That was until he got a very good look at his soon-to-be mate Draco once his glamours came off and he was standing up next to his twin. Charlie felt his knees just about give way under his own weight and they were caught by Hagrid. Once Hagrid looked upon the twins he could understand why both Severus and Charlie had collapsed against him.

"'Aving an 'ard time, boys?"

"You can say that, Hagrid. Draco has definitely come into his own finally. He looks nothing like he used to. His features have softened quite a bit and he has a sexy little sway to his hips now. Thank Merlin's dried up ball sack that he is eighteen years old now or we would be getting into a lot of trouble, because I promise you that before the end of the year I will take his virginity from him."

"I have to say that I am so ready for my mate Hadrian to take my virginity from me that I can barely wait for him to just show his dominance over me. Yes, I am a very submissive mate even though I am quite a bit older than him and I think he knows how to keep it very interesting for our union," Severus said with a shy smile and a blush on his face.

Right before their eyes, Hadrian began to sing the song his brother had suggested on the train ride to Hogsmeade Village and was looking straight at Seamus, so that he could get the message that he had lost the best thing that would ever hit his life. By the time he was done singing, Hadrian was now standing just in front of Severus and looking dead into his eyes with a longing only mates know of. As the last word left his mouth, Hadrian claimed Severus' mouth with a fierceness that bordered on animalistic, but Severus just purred under such a demanding kiss.

"You are mine now, Severus," Hadrian said as the kiss broke and just before he made his claiming bite right in the crook of Severus' neck and shoulder just above the pulse point.

"Yes, my love. I am yours and only yours."

With that, Hadrian began to sing another muggle love song called 'Hungry Eyes' and this made Severus completely melt while his ex-boyfriend Seamus started fuming over the fact that he was stupid enough to let Hadrian go. Hadrian sang with such power in his voice that there was no doubt as to who would be the dominant in their relationship and Severus reaction to Hadrian's body language as he sang gave away that he was already completely submissive to his much younger mate. Draco also decided to show off a talent by playing the saxophone while their friends played the other instruments. Seamus was about to ask as to where did they get their talent when Lucius and Sirius decided to show off the fact that they had talented voices as well as their sons. They decided with the song 'I Would do Anything for Love' to show off the range they had in vocals. Towards the end, Hadrian and Draco joined in as backup singers and Sirius showed that he could his voice three octaves higher than Lucius could.

Right after their song ended, Draco decided to really tear it up on the mic with the song that he always loved called 'Jam on It'. He was joined by Hadrian, Blaise, Vincent, Greg, and Pansy.

After getting the open of the year feast back under control, McGonagall decided to answer the questions that was staring back at her from every face in the Great House before it was asked.

"Yes, Lucius and Sirius are bonded mates. I know this because I was the one that officiated the ceremony two days ago after they were reunited after all this time apart. Yes, both Hadrian and Draco are their kits together. In fact, they are the lost twin princes of the Veela Court. This family unit will have their own private quarters near the Slytherin dorms. I will give this warning to one and all that if anyone gets between the twins and their mates there will be hell to be paid from me. This family has had enough shit thrown at it that I think that they deserve to be happy now."

"What are you going to do to those who dare to try and keep them and their mates apart," Seamus asked while eyeing Hadrian like he was wanting to take his chances at trying to steal him away from the old greasy dungeon bat.

"You will be expelled from Hogwarts, your wand snapped, and will never become a full fledge wizard. Does that answer your question, Mr. Finnigan?"

"Yes, it does and Hadrian isn't worth having that done to me," Seamus said as he glared at Hadrian, who was not paying him any mind because he was talking with Severus with a smile on his face.

"Severus, my love, did you like the gifts I sent to you over the summer?"

"I loved every one of them, but it was the simple ones that meant the most because I am a simple kind of guy. The flowers, candies, and the candles were the most special to me, luv."

"This is the one present I wanted to give to you in person," Hadrian said as he went down on to one knee in front of everyone and pulled out the heirloom from his family called 'The Rose of Intention'. It is a golden rose with a diamond in the heart of the rose on a platinum band. "Severus Tobias Snape-Prince, it is my intention to have you as my mate in every way possible. I give this rose to you to remind you of who you own the heart of. Do you accept this and the future that it represents for both of us?"

"Yes, I do accept this future that stands before both us, my luv. I do not know when you stole my heart, but I had to hide my feelings from everyone until the end of the war when I knew it was safe to tell you. I almost lost that chance if it had not been for the forethought to have that vial of anti-venom in my pocket that Hermione found and poured down my throat. Thank you, Hermione. You gave me a chance at true love with the young man that had stolen my heart."

"You are more than welcome, Professor Snape. Everyone deserves a chance at having the one that they truly love in their life. All I will say is that you better be good to him and give him every ounce of love you have for him."

"You can put your mind at ease for he will get every ounce of my love. Oh, Minerva, you were right. Hadrian is drop dead gorgeous and then some."

"Told you he would be, young man."

"To me, you are the only beautiful man in my world and I feel absolutely blessed to have you as my mate, Severus. I can't wait til the end of semester for the holidays so I claim you properly."

"Hell with waiting, you can claim me tonight after the feast."

"Hun, I like the way you think. As long as the headmistress doesn't have a problem with me being in your quarters, I am going to rock your world tonight," Hadrian said in a low growl right into Severus' ear, which, caused him to whimper with want.

"Hadrian, you had better be as good in reality as you are in my dreams."

"Oh, I have buggered you more times in my dreams than you know of, my mate," Hadrian said in a low whispered voice directly into Severus's ear right above the now healed mate mark.

As Hadrian is pulling away from Severus just enough to give him some breathing room, they notice that Draco has stepped up to the teachers' table and was looking straight into Charlie Weasley's warm chocolate eyes with his grey-blue ones. Charlie could not stop the smug smile that came to his lips when he felt the hard kick from his hidden dragon side when it felt as if the veela within Draco was challenging him. Reacting faster than a cobra, Charlie reached up and grabbed Draco by the back of his neck. He pulled him down towards him for their first kiss, which ended up to be one full of promised passion and heated sex.

"I have the veela by the tail…"

"While I have a dragon by the tongue."

"Indeed you do, my little veela."

Suddenly, the muggle song called 'The Glory of Love' began to be heard and when the two new couples looked back to Lucius and Sirius only to see that it was Lucius singing to Sirius as if to reaffirm their relationship. While he sang to Sirius, they also danced to the song. Deciding to join in the dancing, Severus let Hadrian pull him out to the floor while Charlie did the same with Draco. While they danced, the twins began to join their father in singing the song and this surprised their soon-to-be mates immensely. When the song came to the end, Severus and Charlie knew that they were the lucky ones to have two very caring mates in the form of Hadrian and Draco. They also knew where they got their caring side from. They both knew that Sirius was the very nurturing parent between the older pair of mates.

"Thank you, Draco, for granting the pleasure of that dance," Charlie said as he kissed the hand of his mate-to-be. "You are a very graceful dancer."

"Thank you, Charlie. You are not so bad yourself."

"Severus, thank you for the honor of this dance. I knew you were going to be graceful, but you showed that you are as graceful as a big cat. If you were an animagus, I could see you being able to transfigure into the form of a panther."

"Sirius, I gather you did not tell him about me and my big secret."

"No, I did not. I figured that you could show him that side of yourself and give him the big surprise in person."

Right before Hadrian's eyes, Severus began to transfigure into the very animal that Hadrian thought he would if Severus was an animagus, which, he now learned was the big surprise that his mother and mate were talking about. Hadrian had to smile at the fact that his mate was indeed an animagus and a panther as well. Right before everybody's eyes, Hadrian shifted forms as well and showed that he was a panther also. It was at this point that Hadrian noticed that in his animagus form, Severus was in fact a female panther and that he was close to going into his first heat. He gave a rumbling growl as he picked up the faint changes in his mate's smell. When they shifted back into their human form, both Hadrian and Severus looked at each other with a knowing look that gave Severus goose bumps.

"I will have you tonight, my love. Who knows, I might just give you kits to carry tonight."

CHAPTER TWO:

As the feast was finally coming to a close, everyone knew that the two new couples were going to end up with each other because of how they were acting around each other. Especially, Hadrian and Severus because they were being so close already and the way they were acting only proved that they had something going on between them. Finally, the Headmistress allowed everyone to head to their dorms or private quarters for the rest of the night so they could get to know their housemates. On the way to their private quarters, Lucius and Sirius lost track of their sons only to figure out that they were with their mates.

"Charlie must have 'Accio'ed our youngest son, because you cannot apparate from within the castle."

"That is true and our oldest son is mating with his mate who just so happens to be old enough to be his daddy."

"That may be, but due to the fact that Voldemort had hidden Severus' veela pelt from him for the past two decades, it will be like he is only dating a twenty year old man. In fact, his complete attitude will be that of a twenty year old man. So, I am not too worried about the two of them in anyway."

"So, if the veela within a person doesn't reach full maturity before their pelt is taken from them, it stunts their growth?"

"Yes, my beloved animagi. The only reason why Voldemort never found mine is because I had hid it at the palace. I found it once more when I was called back there to see you and the boys. If you would like, my darling, we could try for another set of twins tonight and maybe we could try raising them ourselves."

"I like the sound of that, my love. Merlin knows how much I love you, Lucius."

"I know that you have always loved me because of our mental bond that has never wavered between us. I also knew about all of the times when you were sad or depressed when you were in Azkaban prison. I also felt your joy when you broke out of there. Then I felt your sadness when I got put in there, but when you heard rumors of the fact that there was new evidence in my behalf to get me out of there," Lucius said as they entered their private quarters while at the same time they watched Hadrian and Severus enter what is soon to become their private quarters.

"Well, Severus is about to give to Hadrian the one gift he can only give one time in his life and I think he will come out of that room in the morning a little more stuffed than he is right now," Sirius said as he looked over at Lucius with a tender smile.

Meanwhile, in the private quarters of Professor Snape, Hadrian had decided to give his mate a kiss that bordered the line of brutally passionate and animalistic. Hadrian could feel the affect it was having on Severus through their emotional and mental bond with each other. He could tell that Severus was getting very turned on by the passion coming down through the link between them. Finally breaking the kiss, they just looked into each other's eyes while catching their breath.

"I believe that we are heading down a road that will end up with us becoming parents to our very own kit or kits. Are you up for that, my love," Hadrian asked Severus while watching his eyes for his reaction to the possibility of being a parent after their first mating.

"Don't care if we end up being parents after tonight because it was meant to be this way, my love. I hope they gain your courage and strength, love, because they will be gaining my intellect when it comes to potions."

"That they will, my love. Our kits will be the perfect mix of the two of us. Your brains and beauty from you while they gain my strength and courage. The world had better watch out because it will never be the same once they come into it and I know that they will shake it up like we did in our own ways."

"That we did, my love. I don't think the Wizarding World will recover from what we have done."

"I am just glad that the Weasley clan never decided to stick their nose into my business about who I was sending all of those gifts to because then I would have had to put an end to the Weasley clan a lot sooner than I have. Wait until tomorrow to see what I mean. Right now, I want to really get to know the body of my mate and see if we can start our own little clan of kits,"Hadrian said with a growl that caused Severus to go weak kneed.

"Come to me my mate and explore what is yours by mating rights. All that I am and will be is for you to claim."

"Oh, I plan on exploring what is mine by mating rights and the early vows that we have already exchanged. I am going to have every sexy inch of your sexy body, but our first mating will be in our veela form."

"Sounds like you are ready to give up being the good Golden Boy of Gryffindor House to become a daddy. I can't wait to find out if the way you loved me in my dreams is truly the way you can love me," Severus said while staring into Hadrian's eyes with hope.

"I am so done with being the Golden Boy of Gryffindor Tower. Hell, Sev. Half of those people in that tower are bloody idiots anyway. They have been walking on eggshells around me ever since the end of the war," Hadrian said with a tad bit of aggravation in his voice. "I love you, Severus. I did not mean to dump that on you, my love."

"Don't be, love. I am here to help you in any way I can and I bet I can help you to really get into the mood for some loving," Severus said almost purring while gently running his fingertips over Hadrian's shoulders. "How about a nice hot bath with rose oil in the water, soft candle light, and me washing you from head to toe?"

"Lead the way, my beloved Raven," Hadrian said as he slipped his arm around the slim yet muscular waist of Severus' body.

Leading the way to his private ensuite bathroom, Severus had already asked Hogwarts Castle to have the tub water ready by the time they got there. As they walked in, the strong aroma of roses hit their noses while their eyes had to adjust to the soft candlelight. They relaxed in the tub for a good twenty minutes before Hadrian began to bring Severus' body to life with need to be bred. Slowly, Hadrian dragged his fingertips down Severus' chest only to let them slide under the surface of the water to gently grasp his mate's half hardened member and gave it a lover's caress that dragged a loud moan up from the depths of Severus' body. Getting the idea of surprising his sexy mate by dropping under the surface and gave him a very wet blowjob. This caused Severus to nearly jump straight up and out of the tub water while screaming out in surprise.

"Hadrian! Oh...Merlin's beard...that is feeling so good," Severus said in between panting breaths while holding onto the sides of the tub to keep from sliding into it and drowning while in the throes of passion.

"Is my mate that sensitive to my touch, that he is already screaming out my name? Wait until I really get going on bringing you to the edge of losing your mind, love. I will have you feeling very sore and tired in the morning," Hadrian says with a cocky grin towards Severus' half lidded eyes.

"And every time I see you tomorrow, I will be blushing knowing that you are the one who made me this sore. Only thing is, you need to stop talking about what you are going to do and just get on with it, because I am like dying here wanting you to claim me."

At that, Hadrian pulled Severus into his lap and began the slow seduction of his mate. They kissed slowly to let the fire in their souls build to a roaring bonfire that consumed them both. They touched each other in places that only they would only the other to do as their lover. Hadrian knew that Severus was close to having his first orgasm of the night when he just about bent his back over double wanting more friction on his cock than what he was already getting. Hadrian had to smirk at this fact, because he knew that if Severus was this responsive to him that he was in his first veela heat and had already released eggs to be fertilized by him. He also smiled at the thought of a very pregnant Severus not being able to teach his own class until after the kits were born. This made him even more eager to get Severus pregnant with his kits even if it brought out his more protective side.

After a little needed preparation, Hadrian pulled Severus a little closer to his body and went to positioned himself at his mate virgin anus only to find that his mate was, in fact, a hermaphorodite male. Pulling away just enough to look his mate in the eyes he asked Severus with just his eyes if he was completely untouched by anyone else. When Severus gave his answer, Hadrian gave his thanks to whatever power that had decided to give him such a gift.

"Oh, kitting you is going to so easy, my love. When it is time for the kits to be born it will be easier than with someone who is not as blessed as you are," Hadrian said as he slipped his rock hard cock into Severus' willing body, only to hear him let out a loud passionate moan.

"Please Hadrian, let me be the only one you have kits with. Because it would break my heart if I had to share you with anyone else. I will admit that I have had secret feelings for you for a very long time and before you ask, it has been since your fourth year when I began to notice the subtle changes that were happening to you even though you were unaware of them. I notice how you started taking an interest in how you looked, how you dressed, your health seemed to improve, and finally you tried harder on your studies."

"You will be my only kit mother, and I noticed that you had taken an interest in what I was doing trying to improve myself. Besides, I only want you because we are soul-mates, my love."

Hadrian slowly kissed Severus as if to distract him from any pain he might feel from his very intimate invasion of his body. After he was finally fully seated inside his mate's body, Hadrian took in a shaky breath that they both needed only to look into his mate's eyes and he was shocked by what he saw. In his own reflection within Severus' eyes, he saw their future and their numerous kits. Hearing a gasp come from the man beneath him, Hadrian knew that Severus had seen the same thing in his own reflection from his eyes. Slowly, Hadrian saw the tears of joy and happiness slide down his cheeks as he could see the delight in his mate's face. They began to move in a rhythm that was as old as time, but yet brand new for it was their own rhythm that they were moving to. Slowly, they picked up the pace and the only sounds that could be heard were panting, grunting, cries of passion, and the slapping of skin against skin. When Hadrian heard a final cry out of his name from Severus, he knew that his mate had just exploded in between their bodies coating their stomachs with his semen. He also felt the tightening of his mate's body and knew that he would not last much longer. After a few more thrust, Hadrian felt his orgasm rocket through him like a nitro rocket and he began to spill his seed inside of his mate. As they began to come down off of the afterglow high, they noticed that Severus' lower abdomen was glowing in a light all its own. Severus knew that this meant that he had conceived a kit or two.

"Hadrian, we are expecting our first litter of kits already. I am oh so very happy that soon I will be able to watch our little ones start pushing on my abdomen muscles from the inside with their little hands and feet. I don't mind that I might end up having stretch marks from being pregnant either. Maybe Molly might know of something that will help keep my skin soft yet able to bounce back after the birth."

"I am sure she does, my love. I mean she did have seven kids and six of them were rowdy boys."

"So true, my love. I hope we have some rowdy boys of our own."

"And a few intelligent little girls, who could give their momma a run for his money. That would be very funny to see."

"I would love for us to have an equal amount of girls and boys. So that way we have the same amount of bravery and intelligence in our family."

"That is a nice wish to want for our family, love."

"Well, that is all I want for our family. Well, that and for all of our kits to be healthy little monsters to drive their teachers crazy when it is their time to go to Hogwarts. I can only imagine how crazy our sons will drive them. Who knows, they may out do the Weasley boys with crazy antics."

"I think if our boys have your brains and my knack for doing dumb things even with my bravery streak, Hogwarts doesn't stand a snowball's chance in front of the sun. Think of the poor Headmaster or Headmistress having to deal with all of our boys."

"Oh Merlin's beard. They are going to be grey-haired before their due time."

"Yeah, they will be for sure if they have to deal with our boys along with the Weasley boys. I really hope our kits don't go getting into too much trouble, because I would really not like having to hear our sons being called The Second Marauders. I think the legendary group needs to remain in the past."

"While I would agree that the group needs to remain in the past, you can not forget that you are the son of the only royal marauder to ever live.'

"I know that, my sexy snake. I am sorry that my bearer and his friends used to pick on you, my love. If they would have known that you were that mate of the son to one of their members, I don't think they would have changed much in a good way. I think would have gotten worse."

"I know it would have gotten worse than what it did. I thought I was going to go insane, because I knew that I was so much smarter than him in many areas of schooling. I was also looking for my mate in those that were my year mates only to figure out that I was actually destined to be the mate to a very powerful younger wizard. One who was destined to destroy the man once known as Tom Riddle. The fates gave me a very great blessing when they gave me to you and you to me. I will never turn away from you, my love. I don't care if we have more kits than the Weasleys have children."

"I can see you running around chasing after all of our kits as they run throughout the palace and yes I said palace because that is where we are going to live after we are married, my dear. Yes, I am asking you to marry me, my love. Severus Tobias Snape, would you do me the highest honor that I could think of and join your magic and heart to mine until the day of our deaths?"

"Yes, Prince Hadrian, I will join both my heart and my magic to yours," Severus said with tears in his beautiful onyx eyes.

At the same moment just two doors down from them, Charlie was trying to get his little dragon of a mate to take a breather break. They had been going at each other for the last hour since arriving in the room and were heading towards round three when Charlie noticed something that had him smiling like only Draco himself could cause.

"What is it, my love?"

"Draco, look down at your abdomen area and tell me what you see."

Looking down towards his abdomen area, Draco finally noticed what was causing his handsome red-haired mate to smile so wide. He touched a hand on to the area glowing only to feel that there was a magic inside of him that was neither his or Charlie, but theirs combined to make a new core. When Draco looked back up at Charlie, he had tears in his eyes that were nothing short of joyous in nature as he was now looking to the future with great hope.

"I hope we are blessed with several kit filled pregnancies because it is so lonely growing up as a single child. I would never wish that on anyone."

"You and I both are hoping for that, my love. I am hoping for a huge family with you, my mate. I love you so much already, Draco. I will never hurt you in anyway if it is in my power. I am your other half and you are mine. I have a emotional bond to you right here in my heart," Charlie said as he guided one of Draco's hands to his chest just above the place where the ball was.

"I love you, Charles Weasley."

"Do you love me enough to marry me in front of both of our families?"

"Yes and that is my answer."

CHAPTER THREE:

The next morning, the whole family got back together in the hallway outside of the Great Hall so that they could go to breakfast together. The noise level in the hall was as high as ever, but went quiet the second that the family began filing through the door. As the family walked to the middle of the hall, the noise level began to rise because of all of the low chatter and innuendos about what happened the night before between all of the mates, which included Lucius and Sirius. Finally, Severus had had enough of the rumor mill and decided to speak up loudly over the noise level.

"ENOUGH," Severus said loudly with his wand at the side of his throat. "I will be the first to tell you all that I am the mate of Prince Hadrian Orion Black-Malfoy and I am carrying his kits as we speak. Yes, right now all they happen to be are magical cores, that don't mean that they mean any less to me and my mate."

It wasn't until Draco spoke up that every member of the Weasley family went into a yelling rage and was directing it towards Charlie personally.

"I am also pregnant and carrying the kits of my mate Charlie Weasley. They are in the same stage of development as my brother and his mate's kits, but they are kits the same."

"CHARLIE! How could do this to the family? You know that mother and father will be furious at you for agreeing to be that weasel face asshole's mate. I thought you had more common sense than that," came the voice of Ginny while Ron nodded his head while in total agreement.

"Well, considering that I don't live at home, don't talk to mum or dad, and they have basically disowned me for being gay; I don't really give a damn what they bloody have to say. Yeah, when I came out to them that I was gay they disowned me and told me that I was no longer welcomed at the Burrow, so there you go. Oh, about the common sense comment, it looks like I have more common sense than you because I am the consort to a prince."

That statement left the two Weasleys staring with their mouths open and their eyes bugged out, because they had not thought of that little fact.

"Oh, and don't even try to get into my good graces, because I want nothing to do with you all," Charlie said as he began to turn around to give Draco a kiss and head to the teachers' table. "Love you, my little veela."

"Love you too, my big dragon."

"I will make my brother see reason and you will be all alone when he does," Ron said with a sneer. "You are nothing, but trash!"

"You dare call my twin brother trash. Do you realize you just insulted a Royal Veela and not to mention that we are twins?"

"So what. It wasn't like we were really good friends in the first. Besides, I thought you were always a little too lucky for your own good. Now, we know why."

"Well, you can just tell the goblins what you think of me and my family because your days of stealing from me are through. I have put a halt to any more money coming to you and your family. Oh, I have taken care of the corpse of Dumbledore already and let me tell you that pissing on him was about as much fun as my family has had since he ripped it apart. Griphook, my friend, I believe these are the young ones that you were looking for."

"Yes, Your Highness, they are. I believe you have the honor of snapping their wands in front of them."

"Oh, yes. I believe I do have that honor. Expelliarmus! Thank you for these," Hadrian said as he broke the wands over his knee.

"What the hell are you doing to our wands? You know what Hadrian you are a right arsehole. I don't know why Dumbledore was so keen on me and my family being friends with you, but I am glad the charade is over. You are nothing, but a pompous ass..."

"SILINCIO," Hadrian roared at the red head only to feel a hand keep him from going over to said red head and punching him. When he looked over he found his mate Severus looking at him a little worried.

"Please, Hadrian. You need to calm down."

"I will only calm down when these thieves are out of my sight and being dealt with in the proper fashion. I do not appreciate my family being talked about in such a derogatory fashion. Now, that includes my mate Severus and my brother's mate Charlie."

A couple of hours later, all of those who had seek to do harm to the royal twins were taken care of and the three couples were allowed to sit together at one table. As they ate their meal, they could hear the buzz of the chatter coming from everyone in the hall. Finally, it was time for everyone to head to their classes this meant that Severus, Hadrian, and Draco got to spend a little more time together. As they walked like they were going to go into the room, they felt like they had walked right into an invisible brick wall.

"What in Merlin's dried up nut sack?"

"Severus, I think that Hogwarts is trying to tell you that it is not safe for any of us to be in the potions room be cause of you and Draco being pregnant."

"That is the correct thinking, Hadrian. You have to stay out of the potions room until the end of your mate's pregnancy and Charlie needs to stick close to your mate since he will need your magical support. Yes, I knew that you were back there, Professor Weasley," McGonagall said with a smirk that would rival that of a Malfoy.

"I know that he will need my magical support to carry our babies, that is why I am here."

"Thank you, my love. I already adore you deeply."

"I do you, my love."

"Okay, but who is going to teach my classes for this year since I am up the duff as my love's mother so put it."

"We already have a substitute for your class, Severus."

They all headed to the hospital wing to check on the two pregnant mates and to make sure that everything okay with them.