brothers best friend

school.

the summer ended quickly and soon enough at least a quater of the previous 7th years were returning back to retake their final year at hogwarts.

theo and aurora each gave bill and fleur money, without the other knowing, for the help they gave. fleur was now expecting a child herself and the money was more than enough to feed this child into bliss until the age of 12.

"come on amore mio, we're gona be late!" theo called from the bottom of the stairs, apollo in his arms

"oui oui, d'accord, je viens!" she called back as she began walking down the creaky floor boards, putting earrings in as she did.

"havent the slightest what you said, but im glad youre ready" he smiled at her and kissed her cheek.

"yes yes, okay, im coming" fleur translated for him and breathed out a laugh as she hugged them both separately and kissed apollos head "make sure you mail me photos of this little beast" she said before moving aside for bill to repeat her actions

"thank you, so much for your help with every-" aurora started but was quickly stopped by fleur tutting

"quiet, you. i dont want any more thank yous until christmas"

bill nodded in agreement, he wasnt talking a lot recently, had picked up a nasty cold that made his voice sound like sand paper.

"thank you" theo smirked before pulling auroras hand

"be safe, have fun, have no more babies and take care of yourselves and eachother please!" fleur called out to them as they stepped into the fireplace

the young couple just smiled at them before flooing away.

~

the platform wasnt busy, may every soldier rest in peace and their familys have clear minds, so it was easy to find draco. along with the others of the group who were returning: mattheo, enzo, ron and hermione.

pansy moved to wales after the war and eleanor simply couldnt be bothered to come back. meaning aurora and hermione were the only girls. how fun.

thankfully, hermione, the brilliant witch she is, charmed a suitcase with an extension charm so apollos necessities were all in one place and with a simple feather-light charm, it basically floated in theos hand.

they (aurora and theo) received a few weird looks from parents and school mates but draco was quick to flip them off.

the group stood, talking for a few moments, before boarding the train. just the casual 'how are you' and so on.

once in a large carriage, draco transfigured a train pillow into a moses basket for little man, to save everyones arms falling off.

"so whats it like being parents?" harry asked for the 6th time since meeting apollo, a week after he was born. it had been 5 months.

"probably the exact same since 3 days ago, when you asked us last" theo rolled his eyes

the carriage broke out into laughs and harry went red "i dont know what to say to people when they have kids!"

"a kid. singular. no more yet" draco glared at theo, who rasied his hands in defence

"e se ti dicessimo che un altro era già in arrivo?" theo smirked

"you bastard" the blonde boy sighed

"english only please! my brain cant handle it" ron exaggerated, waving his hands on either side of his head

"izvini, ya ne govoryu po-angliyski" aurora laughed (sorry, i dont speak english (russian))

"oui, ce qu'elle a dit" draco agreed (yes, what she said (french))

"qualunque cosa aurora suddetto" theo joined (whatever aurora said (italian))

ron let out a dramatic sigh and threw his head back "why the fuck are we friends with you?"

theo, draco and aurora let out a loud laugh.

hermione was too lost in her book to even blink an eye at the conversation, however her foot was on the base of the small bed apollo was in, slowly rocking him back and forth.

enzo was asleep within the first 10 minutes of sitting down.

blaise had his small muggle headphones in and was slowly falling asleep on enzos shoulder.

~

soon enough they were back in scotland and apollo was freshly fed and changed, so hopefully no interruptions would occur during the first feast. he was strapped to auroras chest by a baby harness, awake but quiet. apart from the odd raspberry blow or baby babble he would let out.

the sorting was long, the speech was longer, the food was amazing and eventually everyone was ready to go to their respective common rooms when mcgonagal made an announcement to the '8th years' as they were now being called.

apparently due to lack of students, they had 'recycled' an old tower and turnt it into their own private space. thanks to magic, it wasnt hard and everyone had the choice of picking dormmates.

aurora and theo needed to have a quick meeting with mcgonagal after the feast anyway, regarding apollo, so they stayed back.

"shall we go to my office?" she said as she stood up and began walking out of the hall.

apollo began crying when aurora stood and walked too. theo gave him a soother and he quickly shut up. he wasnt a very cry-ey baby, they got lucky.

once at mcgonagals office, aurora took off the harness and rocked her son in her arms.

"congratulations on your son by the way" the headmistress smiled with a curt nod toward them

"thank you" theo said

"lets jump right in shall we? you two are permitted to share a dormitory, an automatic silencing charm will be placed on the dormitory at curfew as to prevent any angry and insomiac students. you will have to attend classes with your son if-"

"apollo. sorry, his names apollo" theo cut her off unrudely

"with apollo-" mcgonagal smiled at him "if youre perhaps unable to find a friend without a lesson, if i am not teaching, i will be here and i will be more than happy to keep my eye on apollo for an hour while you both get an education"

"thank you profe- headmistress, we appreciate it" aurora said, looking up from apollo who kept spitting out his dummy then trying to find it again

"of course" she gestured to the door "thank you for your time"