Contracts

Draco and Hadrian stood in front of the desk in Marvolos office at 4:58pm. In exactly two minutes, the time of Hadrians birth, their formal contract would be created. It had been generations since the bracelet had been used and they had to rely on the Black Diaries to know the next steps.

The magic of the bracelet would create the contract at the exact hour of the youngest birth. The magic would create a contract perfect for the couple, their innermost desires and wants, their boundaries. Sirius was most nervous about this part. Traditionally the bracelet was used at a older age when thoughts and ideals were more concrete. If they didn’t agree with the contract later it would be a very hard thing to break, and if they didn’t agree now they wouldn't be able to do another contract.  That was the danger of the bracelet, it was a one time chance. Hadrian had known this before he slipped the bracelet on.

Kid was cocky.

As the clock stroke five Dracos bracelet glowed, as the glow circled his wrist in a swirl of light and magic it formed into a golden mist that flowed to the table and swirled a golden contract into life.

Gold, Sirius had been wrong. If it was signed now it was unbreakable. He knew he shouldn’t have skimmed the contract part, he had no idea it could even come out gold.

“Well? Sign it,” Hadrian said as he stood with Draco, both of them holding out a blood quill.

“We need to read it first,” Sirius said as Marvolo and Lucius already bent over the contract to read it.

“Why? It doesn’t matter what it says,” Hadrian said frowning. To him it didn’t, regardless of what rules they had to follow he would follow to keep Draco.

“Let them read it Hadrian, it will make them feel better,” Draco said softly from his side.

Hadrian glanced at Draco and nodded. They stood in silence until Marvolo and Lucius had finished reading the contract.

“Well?” Narcissa asked from her side of the table.

“It’s not what I thought it would be,” Marvolo said taping his chin with his finger, “Its a basic contract. There is a fidelity clause, with exception for any type of coercion, including force and love potions. They will be able to choose last name as long as any future children will take on the last names not chosen. They must have at at least two heirs, blood adoption is acceptable. Draco will be the Submissive in the relationship, Hadrian the Dominate, which we already knew. The only concerning part is if they are not married on midnight of Hadrians 17th birthday they will lose their magic.”

“I do not know if I accept that,” Lucius said quietly, eyes reading the contract once again.

Hadrians attention snapped to him as his arm wrapped around Draco and pulled him closer, Draco grasped the arm around him to silence him. Hadrian looked down at him and nodded lightly.

“If you do not sign this contract not only will we make a vow on our life to never marry anyone, ever, but we will also run away the moment Hadrian turned 17 and nothing will stop us,” Draco said seriously staring at all of their parents one at a time.

They had talked alot about the contract and what will happen, both had agreed regardless of what their parents said they would be together forever. Hadrian pulled every contract book in his families library and they spent hours pouring over them and thinking about what they wanted hoping the magic would hear them when creating the contract.

“Oh don’t be dramatic children,” Narcissa chided from her side by Lucius, reaching past him she grabbed the blood quill and signed her name with a flourish. Looking at her husband she handed him the quill, “The contract was formed from their connection. We must trust in magic, we must trust in our children.”

Lucius met eyes with Sirius over the contract, they both had their reservations even if their spouses didn’t. Narcissa thought it was the most romantic thing in the world and for Marvolo it was a point of pride that his son was able to pull something like this off. Sirius and him however felt the children may be to young. There is a reason they had not set up contracts before this situation, they wanted to know who their children really were before trying to make their matches. There also may have been frustration over the fact that the children were able to do this over their heads. Neither would admit that part however.

Sirius looked resigned and nodded. They knew the children were serious about their threat, it wouldn’t do to risk them for anything.

Lucius quickly signed the contract before handing the quill off to Marvolo and Sirius, watching as they signed as well. The minute it was signed Dracos bracelet and Hadrians necklace flashed gold and the contract was signed. The children grinned and threw themselves into their parents arms as smiles were passed around the room. Narcissa discreetly wiped her tears away as she held onto her little Dragon, she prayed to every god she knew to keep them in love.

Sirius was squeezing Hadrian, keeping his tears at bay, he knew the minute Hadrian saw his precious this would happen. He did not expect it to happen so soon of course, but he was his fathers child. What he felt know Sirius knew it wouldn’t pass, but it was still a fear.

Regulus picked up the contract to look it over as every gathered around the fire for the celebration of tea and cake. Kreacher had gone over board in his excitement and happiness for his favorite little master and the table it was loaded on seemed to sink in the middle. Hadrian pulled Draco with him to their chair by the fire and smiled as he held him close, he would never loose his Dragon now.

“Did you guys notice this contract doesn’t have a purity clause?” Regulus asked, raising an eyebrow and looking at the others.

Marvolo smirked as Sirius and Lucius stuttered out at the same time, “What!”

Reaching over Sirius riped the contract out of Regulus hands and read it with Lucius by his side. Lucius had been distracted by the losing magic part, he admittedly didn’t pay much attention to the smaller things.

Narcissa looked over at the boys with raised eyebrows, a soft smile graced her face. They weren’t paying any attention to the adults, curled in the chair together they spoke quietly as Draco played with Harrys necklace. She hated to interrupt them.

“Boys,” Narcissa said quietly, both of them looked up at her.

“Yes Cissy?”

“Yes Maman?”

Narcissa tilted her head towards the auguring men on the other side of the table, “Your Papas aren’t happy about something they discovered in the contract.”

The boys looked over confused and listened.

“This was all Hadrian! Draco would never have thought about this!” Lucius spat at Sirius.

“Excuse me! You always blame Hadrian for anything they get up to! You know damn well he will agree to do whatever Draco wanted!”

“Give one example!”

“I don’t know how about THE DRAGON!”

“You can’t blame that on Draco! Hadrian is the one who mo-”

“BOYS!”

Lucius and Sirius got quiet and looked over at the rest of the room. Marvolo sat relaxed against he couch, still looking as smug as ever. Regulus was reading the contract again, his shoulders shaking slightly with contained mirth. Both boys were looking, Draco wide eyed and Hadrian amused.

Narcissa had her face covered with her hand, she lowered it and glowered at them, “First of all, the dragon was completely Dracos fault. Hadrian may have moved it but we all know who wanted it for a pet,” Draco blushed slightly as Hadrian grinned, “Second, maybe you should ask the boys before you continue your argument.”

All eyes turned to the boys in the chair, Draco leaned into Hadrian who answered with a grin, “Papa Sirius said the purity clause was the worst mistake he had made when doing the contract with Father. We were just trying to avoid making a mistake.”

Regulus couldn’t hold himself anymore and burst into pearls of laughter followed shortly by Marvolo. Lucius looked smug in his correctness as Narcissa covered her mouth to hide her laughter.

Sirius was frozen with his mouth open before making a wounded sound and dropping his face into his hands, “I wasn’t talking to you. When I said that! You weren’t even in the room!”

Hadrian played with Dracos bracelet as he looked at his papa innocently, “I was reading behind the bookcase.”

Sirius glared at Marvolo who quit laughing as he caught the look on his husbands face, “You will be having that conversation with Hadrian, you will also be sleeping in the green room until further notice.”

Marvolos jaw dropped, “Absolutely not! I had absolutely NO hand in this mess!”

“Oh, but you did. This is your fault! Don’t think I don’t remember the stories from Hogwarts of you sneaking all around to get blackmail on other students!”

Draco leaned over to Hadrian and whispered into his ear as a new argument started with their parents, “Why are they so upset about the purity clause anyway?”

“I have no idea,” Hadrian whispered back, he had a pretty good idea of course. But he wouldn’t be telling Draco about them until after Draco had his own talk with his father, and only when he brought it up.

Draco nodded and tilted his head back to look into Hadrians eyes, “I miss Marcus.”

Hadrian smiled.

It hadn’t taken long after Hadrian placed the bracelet onto Dracos wrist that Draco realized Hadrian would give him almost anything he asked for. It was a power he didn’t exercise often, but would use it to his full advantage when he wanted to.

The moment Draco laid his eyes on the small Hungarian Horntail that was being transfered to a Dragon Reserve near Hadrians house he knew it was time to exercise that power. They were in a nearby forest with Uncle Severus collecting potion ingredients when they came across the Dragon Handlers who were moving the Dragon to their reserve that was a few miles out. The men had recognized Uncle Severus and a conversation had been started up between them.

Hadrian was standing to the side quietly, listening to the conversation in front of him when he felt Draco grab his hand. Looking down at Draco he noticed his eyes were locked onto the Dragon that was sleeping in the crate.

“Yes, Precious?”

“I’ve always wanted a Dragon,” Draco said tilting his head up and looking up into Hadrians eyes.

Hadrian smiled down at him, “Then I’ll get you a Dragon.”

Checking to make sure the adults were distracted Hadrian made a complicated gesture with his hand and Draco watched in awe as the dragon shrunk and flew into Hadrians hand. The dragon hissed as it landed in Hadrians palm and shook its body in an aggressive fashion. Hadrian hissed something to the aggravated dragon who calmed down and slipped him into his pocket. One more hand movement and what looked like another dragon was sitting in its crate.

“We just have to wait till we get home, I explained that we were taking him somewhere better,” Hadrian whispered to Draco.

Draco beamed and bounced slightly in his place before calming down, he knew Uncle Severus would know instantly they had done something if Draco was to excited. The conversation came to an end after a few mintues and Severus took the boys back to Hadrians manor, leaving them to play as he made his way to the potions lab.

The boys ran to Hadrians room, their contraband safely in his pocket. Entering the room Hadrian made Draco stand by the door, “You stay here until I say so. I’m putting up a shield in case the Dragon is angry, if something happens run to my Father. Okay?”

“Okay Hadrian,” Draco said staying by the door. Hadrian didn’t think anything would go wrong, but he wouldn’t risk Draco.

Rowena come out please,” Hadrian hissed, Rowena came slithering out of a hole by the fireplace and made her way to him, rubbing her head on his hand.

“Yes hatchling?”

“Go stand by Draco. I have a present for him but its dangerous. I need you to protect him so he can run for Father if anything happens.”

Rowena hissed in displeasure as she made her way to Draco, curling up by his feet, “You need to learn to say no Hatchling.”

Hadrian ignored her and reached into his pocket pulling the small Dragon out and set it on the floor before waving his hand and enlarging it back to its original size. The dragon was young, not much larger then a baby hippo but just as fierce as a full sized one. The Dragon huffed smoke as it shook its body out, its dark spins flexing on its tale, it eyed Hadrian.

Great Dragon, I am sorry for the way you had to travel, it was the only way to get you here.

Speaker, I will forgive the method of travel for you have helped me escape the meatbags. Who is the meat bag by the door?

Thats my mate, his name is Draco. Can he meet your greatness?

The Dragon puffed its chest up and sat straighter, Yes

Hadrian smiled over at Draco and raised a hand, beaconing him over to him.

Draco nearly ran to Hadrian, stopping next to him he kissed his cheek, “You are the very best!”

Draco decided the Dragons name was Marcus and they spent the rest of the day with it. Draco was ecstatic to have a pet Dragon and Hadrian was ecstatic that he was making well on his promise to prove that he was the best.

Unfortunately it was not meant to be.

They had left the dragon napping in Hadrians room as they went to the dinning room for Dinner. Halfway through dinner disaster struck.

Between the second and third course a terrified house elf appeared in font of Marvolo, covered in soot and shaking head to toe he gained the attention of everyone instantly. Harry and Draco shared a look before going back to eating.

“Twinkle what happen!” Siris said concerned from Marvolos left

“Master Dracos Dragon ate Bojo!” The house elf cried in distress.

“Master Dracos WHAT?”

Draco hid behind Hadrians chair as the parents turned to them. Hadrian sat straight in his chair, “My bad. I should have fed him before we left.”

Silence.

“Please tell me there is not a Dragon outside Hadrian,” Sirius asked half raised out of his chair.

“Of course not,” Sirius sighed in relieve, “He’s in my bedroom. His name is Marcus.”

By the end of the night Marcus was at the reserve he was originally headed for. Draco was inconsolable and Hadrian was furious at everyone for making him cry. They locked themselves in Hadrians room with Kreachers help warding the door shut.

Marvolo had stormed off annoyed that he couldn’t open the door and made his way directly to the Dragon Reserve, if his sons betrothed wanted to have a Dragon he would get a bloody Dragon. He arrived back in high spirits and knocked on the door.

“Who is it,” Hadrian demanded from the room, Draco still upset in his arms.

“Marvolo.”

“Come in,” Hadrian called relieved, his father would have fixed this.

“We are now the sponsor for the dragon. You may visit when time is available and you are no longer grounded. It must stay at the reserve but they will allow it to keep its name and keep it safe.”

Draco stopped sniffling and smiled at Marvolo, “Thank you sir. Did you see him? Is he okay? He was the sweetest.”

Marvolo disagreed, the beast was furious it had been taken from the warmth of the room and had some choice things to say about the situation, “He was perfectly fine. Now come with me, your parents are waiting in the study. You will be grounded from each other for a week as punishment. Dragons do not belong in bedrooms and we will not have this conversation again.”

Hadrian frowned and whispered something into Dracos ear before letting him go. Draco smiled brightly at him and gave him a quick hug before leaving the room and going to his parents.

“Thank you Father,” Hadrian said giving Marvolo a hug, “I knew you would fix it.”

“Of course child. Next time however lets keep the dangerous animals where they belong?”

“Okay,” Hadrian agreed, “I need your help with something.”

A sense of unease swept through Marvolo at the look on Hadrians face, “Of course.”

“Can we put a Dragon Reserve onto an island?”

Bloody hell, Marvolo thought, Sirius was right. This was all his fault.

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