Chapter 20

The following morning found Harry and Draco in the kitchen in their usual pre-school ritual.

"Ammy's coming down in a few minutes and Kreacher's dressing Teddy," Draco informed Harry as he sat down next to him and kissed him tenderly. Harry nodded, pouring them both a coffee and unfolded the Daily Prophet.

"Check this out."

'Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy cause uproar again

Does spontaneous bonding of magic still exist?

Diagon Alley, London – Yesterday morning the famous Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy put up quite a show after they got ambushed by reporters. They were wearing a glamour, but Potter's godson and an unidentified girl who accompanied them, gave their identity away. 'The girl must be a Malfoy,' an eyewitness told the Daily Prophet. 'She had the hair and the face. It was quite a sight, but then everybody pushed up at them and Potter and Malfoy's glamours disappeared. It was a terrible sight, they were shaking with anger, and looked terrifying and powerful. Then there was an earthquake and everybody started to run for cover. When there was a second earthquake, it was ... it was like ...' Our eyewitness was unable to continue after this, but we found someone who has seen it all happening from a greater distance. 'A feeling of peace spread over everybody, and Potter glowed red and Malfoy glowed all green. Then the colors started to swirl and their hands looked like they were burning. It was magnificent!'

As Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, or the 'Malfoy-Potter family' as they call themselves since they got bonded, were unavailable for questions, we sought out Professor Urquhart, an authority in magical bonds.

'Bonding of magic is really rare, especially these days,' he tells us. 'The last time it happened is almost a hundred years ago. It only happens spontaneously, and only if the bodies of the two people in question have already bonded spontaneously. Even that is rare, as most wizards and witches bond in marriage. When two people's magic bonds, it can manifest in different ways. It's always preceded by a visible color around the separate bodies. If the two have the same color, it's likely that the color of the bond is the same. The bonding always happens in public, so that the world is warned about the nature of the bond. In 1576 a dark purple bond formed between a witch and a wizard, the start of four decades of terrorization. Not all bonds are bad though, that is why the final color is so important. In 1699 a silver bond formed between two witches, after which they've always felt a great need to protect the wizarding world. It was followed by nearly sixty years of peace. The individual colors also have great meaning.'

Of course we asked the Professor for the meaning of red and green. 'It depends on the shade. If the descriptions are accurate, the ruby glow means loyalty, innocence and courage.'

"Innocence?" Harry raised his eyebrows.

Draco nodded. "There will always be innocence in your heart. It's in you, and in the way you grew up. With you it usually comes out in low self-esteem."

"Thanks," Harry snorted.

"It's better than my arrogance," the blonde grinned and stole a kiss. "Read on."

'The green stands for pride and intelligence.'

"Oh yeah. The pride comes out in arrogance," Harry snorted. "Or at least, it used to."

"Shut up," Draco said fondly, and pointed at the newspaper.

'When the bond forms, the qualities of both witches or wizards combine. They both take over the other's magical abilities, while maintaining their own.'

We asked the Professor if this is what happened to Potter and Malfoy. Did they become twice as powerful? And isn't this bad news for the whole wizarding world? Potter already was powerful enough to survive the Killing Curse and finish off he-who-must-not-be-named. Wouldn't he get too powerful now? And Malfoy has been a Death Eater, after all.

'No. The evidence is clear, this is great news for the whole world. It has happened once before that a greater bond than the silver one was formed. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy ... have formed a Golden Bond.'

The article went on and on for pages, but Harry folded it away when they heard their two kids running down the stairs. They looked at eachother and shared a loving kiss.

"Well this was bound to happen once. They reported the truth."

~ The End ~