A Surprise Inheritance

CHAPTER 31

"Please remind me, Drake, why do we need to wake so early?" Sayed, almost cried, Hadrian to his boyfriend as they went out of their room, him still in pyjamas, to the family dining room in Riddle Manor.

"Because baby," Draco explained for the fifth time, somehow not annoyed, "today we are going back to Hogwarts, and therefore we need to catch a train."

"Do we have to go back?" wailed Hadrian. "We both hate that school why do we need to go back?" Instead of answering him, Draco put Hadrian in his seat and sat beside him. Today was the end of their winter vacation, which means they were heading back to Hogwarts. In a week, the second task will happen. Because of that, Hadrian and his father went over the plan all week. Currently, everything is alright. But since Dumbledore was interfering more than expected, they decided to put a backup plan so no one would get hurt.

After eating breakfast and making sure Hadrian's outfit for the day was adequate, they flued to the station and went to search for an empty compartment for themselves and their friends, again close to the teacher's side. They came early to avoid Dumbledore's minions, the press and all the students and therefore knew their friends weren't at the station yet. Luckily, the ride went smoothly. Well, almost.

By the time Ron, Hermione and Ginny found them to talk with them, the train aborted the station, their friends found their compartment, Hadrian went over the plan with the champions about the second task and it was time for lunch. Unfortunately, they forgot to put a charm around the compartment.

As you could probably guess, this conversation was a disaster. It was so bad that two Perfects and one teacher got involved and needed to push the three minions out of the compartment they forced themselves.

But alas, they got to Hogwarts alive and well.

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It was the first time since the induced magic sleep that Hadrian woke up alone in his bed with only his cat to keep him company. Draco never left him alone these days. As the bond got more emphatic, it was rarer to see them separated. Thinking that his mate maybe was just hungry since he didn't eat dinner, he quickly dressed up and went to the Great Hall.

Yesterday evening, his mom called Draco to his office to discuss something. When he came to their shared room, he found a note from Draco saying to go to sleep without him as the discussion was a prolonged one. Not thinking a lot about it, Hadrian went to sleep.

Reaching the Great Hall, Hadrian saw his friends and the other champions talking about the second task that was supposed to happen this afternoon. But Draco wasn't there. Seeing Fleur, Hadrian walked fast to the Slytherin table, thinking maybe the older alpha had an idea where his mate whereabouts. But as he approached her, he quickly released Fleur herself wasn't at her best.

"Fleur, what's wrong?" Hadrian decided to ask her. "I can't find my mate," Fleur replied, looking around like she was hoping he would pop out from somewhere. "Yesterday evening Madam took him to talk. I didn't see him since then." Fleur was almost in tears now.

"That's what happened with my mate," Cedric said. "I was talking to her last night through the mirror, and then her mom called her. Saying there is someone at the door for her." Cedric's mate was a year older than him and lived in Bulgaria, arranging their wedding, which was supposed to happen a week after his graduation. She came to the ball to dance with him.