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Unexpected - Chapter 26: Luna's Plan
Title: Unexpected
Authors: slashpervert and aveeno_baby.

Betas: brknhalo241, asm614, Mini Mouse, and Indie.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: ADULT!
Genre: Fluff, Smut, Hurt/Comfort
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Length: 94,000 words (40 Chapters)
Warnings (Mark to Read): Language, Explicit, M/M Sex, Masturbation, Oral, Rimming, Anal, Mpreg, and mental health issues such as anxiety attacks. (Characters in this fiction are over 18.)

Summary: Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy have lived together for four years in their country house surrounded by a magical menagerie of unwanted animals Harry rescues. Yet, Harry wants more. He dreams of a family that includes children.

Notes: Post-war, AU after HBP, not DH compliant. Sequel to Undesirable, though can be read separately. Whereas, Undesirable was very dark, this one is very fluffy with some angst. Thanks to corvusdea for help with Latin for spells. Icon adapted by slashpervert from Passion by dirty_darella.
Disclaimer: This is a non-commercial work of fan fiction intended for adult audiences only. No copyright infringement intended. (Full Disclaimer!)

Chapter Number/Total: 26/40
Chapter Title: Luna's Plan
Words: 2286 Words



Draco had sent Luna the Pass Spell information so she could get past the new wards and it was good to see her step out of the fireplace the next day. She smiled at them. "Hi!"

"Hello, Luna," Harry said to her, grinning and waving rather than trying to stand up. "Glad you're here!" He was feeling a lot better after what had happened the day before. Fixing up the nursery helped a lot.

Draco greeted her too and poured tea for the three of them as she sat down beside Harry on the sofa.

"I thought you looked very nice in the photo," she said, unconcerned apparently over the controversy of the headlines or misinformation in the story.

"Did you?" Harry asked, smiling as he sipped at the tea. Of course she would know who it was, but he trusted her not to tell anyone. "Everyone thinks I am Draco's mistress."

She smiled beautifically. "Well, if you were a woman, you would be, wouldn't you?"

Draco frowned. He could never tell if she was teasing or not.

"You have a point," Harry chuckled. "Luckily I'm still Harry. A man. Just a little a pregnant."

"A lot pregnant," Draco quipped.

Luna drew her wand and cast the spell that allowed them to see their daughter. "Oh, yes, she looks very happy today."

Harry set his cup of tea down and leant back a little, looking at the image that came up in awe. "She does look happy. She kind of looks like she's smiling."

Draco couldn't see the smile, really, but he was still amazed by the floating image of their daughter. She looked perfect to him. "Athena," he whispered.

"That's going to be her name," Harry explained to Luna, in case she didn’t understand.

"Wisdom and strength," she said, nodding and then announced, "I don't think she is going to wait very much longer."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Harry asked, his eyebrows furrowing as he shifted to sit up. "Two more months, you said."

"No, not really," she said in that oddly calm voice she had. "Not everyone, even babies, follows the rules." Her eyes twinkled a bit when she looked at Harry then.

Normally Harry would have smiled, but all he could do was stare at her. "So how much longer do you think we have?"

Luna peered closer at the image and reached out as if tickling the baby, fingers passing through the glow. "More importantly, how does she get out when she is ready?" she mused.

Harry thought about it, even though he really didn't want to. "Cutting me?" he asked quietly, wincing and his belly feeling tight at the image of that.

Draco didn't like that idea at all and it had been worrying him ever since they found out Harry was pregnant.

Luna smiled and shook her head. "Do you know why you aren't supposed to Apparate when you are pregnant?" she asked.

"Because you might ... leave the baby behind?" Harry asked, guessing.

"Exactly!" Luna beamed and Draco's mouth dropped open at the obvious implications – and the fact that it had never occurred to him it could be used for something like this.

Harry was still frowning, confused. "You want me to Apparate when she's ready to come out?"

"Yes," Luna explained. "I think you just have to think about Apparating like you do with a Side-Along, but imagine she is in your arms, not your belly, when you arrive."

"What about the birth sac?" Draco asked. He'd been reading everything he could about pregnancy.

"Oh, his body will probably absorb it," she assured him. "We can use this spell to help you picture her. Can I see your horse again?" Luna asked as if that was what they had all been talking about already.

Harry looked up at her in further confusion, but nodded slightly. His mind was still trying to figure out the birth and if it was really possible. If so, why hadn’t anyone done it before?

"Don't we need to talk more about the birth plan?" Draco challenged.

Luna waved at the air. "Oh, yes, but I want to see her first. She might want to help."

"How?" Harry asked, now completely lost in this conversation.

But Luna was already heading toward the kitchen and the back door. Draco reached to help Harry stand.

"Draco," Harry mumbled, letting Draco pull him up.

"It's going to be fine," Draco assured him, even if he wasn't as sure as he would like to be. He wrapped his arms around his lover and kissed his forehead.

Harry breathed in deeply and let it out in a sigh, trying to keep himself calm. He just wanted his baby to be safe, and he didn’t see how being born early was going to help anything. "I guess we should get out there," he murmured.

"I don't know what she is about, but probably," Draco admitted, leading Harry outside. Luna’s light attitude toward things grated on Draco’s nerves sometimes.

They made it out to the barn, letting Harry rest a couple times on the way. Harry smiled when he saw Lily. The horse’s head was lowered, and Luna was petting her nose and whispering to her. She beamed at the two men when they came in. "Lily tells me I am right," she announced.

Draco frowned, confused and beginning to worry, again, about the mental stability of the Healer.

"How did she tell you?" Harry asked, stepping closer to pet Lily gently.

"She's a Fertility Mare and, as everyone knows, they always like mothers," Luna explained, beaming.

Draco's frown deepened. "A what?"

"A what?" Harry echoed, frowning as well.

"You do seem to attract magical creatures, Harry," Luna continued. "I've only read about them before and it's very exciting to finally meet one."

"What's different about them?" Harry asked, wanting her to explain but worried that she was off on one of her imaginary animal tangents. Lily made a snorting sound and pushed her head toward Harry.

"Oh, she certainly likes you," Luna cooed. "I've never heard of them making a man pregnant before, but it makes sense."

Draco knew Luna believed in some strange things but even this one was pushing it. He was seriously thinking of contacting someone else to get a second opinion.

"Luna, you seriously have to explain yourself better," Harry said, getting frustrated with the woman's answers. "What do you mean by them getting a man pregnant?"

"Well, you are pregnant," Luna said, as if the answer was obvious, "and here she is. You must have wished for a baby and she came to answer your wish."

"You're saying Harry is pregnant because of a horse?" Draco asked, scepticism making his voice sound harsh.

Harry went quiet after Luna spoke, staring at Lily. Did she really do this to him? "Did you really?" he whispered to the horse, since he noticed that she always seemed to have an answer when he asked.

The horse leant over and nuzzled Harry's belly.

"Oh, Lily," Harry whispered, watching her. He didn't know what to say, but now he believed that the horse did help him get pregnant.

"You think a horse made Harry pregnant?" Draco repeated, staring first at Luna and then at Harry who seemed to be listening to Luna's delusions.

"Isn't it obvious?" Luna answered.

"No, it's not obvious. It's a horse! Horses don't make people pregnant!" Draco snapped.

"The horse is an ancient Celtic symbol of fertility," Luna explained. "And the Fertility Mare is a magical creature who answers the prayers of infertile couples. Which, you definitely were."

Draco's mouth was embarrassingly open and he blinked.

"Oh wow," Harry whispered, still staring at the horse. He nuzzled Lily and kissed the top of her head, sighing softly. "Thank you ... thank you so much."

Draco wasn't sure he believed it. He'd never heard of a horse that answered wishes for getting pregnant. On the other hand, he also didn't know how Harry had got pregnant, and really, how much crazier was this than spontaneous pregnancy in a man? He sighed. "So how will the horse help?" he asked, resigned.

Luna beamed. "Lily's magic will help protect both Harry and the baby when it's time. And she should be born out here."

Draco's face dropped again. "You want our daughter to be born in a barn?"

"As long as it's safe," Harry said softly, biting his lip at the thought.

"Harry should spend as much time as he can around Lily, it will help both him and the baby," Luna continued.

"How will it help?" Harry asked, glancing at Luna curiously. "She's doing okay now, but she'll do better if I spend a lot of time with Lily?"

Luna patted his hand and nodded. "Very good, Harry." Then she began talking about the rest of the preparations they would have to make for the birth.

Draco still felt uneasy about the theory of the horse as a treatment, but knew Harry did well with his animals. Draco made sure to pay attention to the things they would need and to how to protect Harry, even from some kind of invisible creature called a Narf which could supposedly frighten even children not yet born.

"And try to stay off your feet as much as possible," Luna concluded.

"Really don't want to stay in bed all day," Harry grumbled, but nodded, knowing that he wouldn't put his child in danger because he wanted to walk around and was bored.

Finally, Luna kissed them both goodbye and stepped into the Floo, gone with one of her enigmatic smiles.

Harry had resettled on the sofa and Draco joined him there, idly petting Oberon while Puck climbed Harry's pants leg. Harry wasn't even sure of what to say. He just sat there and reached to pull Puck up when his nails started to dig into skin.

Draco watched Harry wrestle Puck into place beside him, since his lap was no longer really there. After a few minutes, Draco declared, “I want a second opinion.”

Harry’s eyes widened, heart speeding up. “What does that mean?”

“It means I don’t believe all this nonsense and I want to take you to another Healer,” Draco insisted.

“No,” Harry said. “I don’t want to see anyone else.” Images of St Mungo’s came to mind and Harry began to shake.

Draco didn’t want to upset Harry but he wasn’t willing to risk his lover’s life over one of Lovegood’s fantasies. “Harry, you know this stuff about a Fertility Mare is just rubbish. It’s another one of Luna’s imaginary creatures. And if Apparition worked for delivery, don’t you think someone else would have used it by now?”

“No, I won’t go to someone I don’t trust. I trust Luna. And I trust Lily. I know how it happened,” Harry insisted, voice firm despite his fears.

"You think it really is the horse?" Draco asked. “Why?”

"Yeah," Harry murmured, glancing over at him. "I'm six months pregnant. Just about six months ago, I did something that might have triggered it."

Draco's eyes widened. "You did?"

"I couldn't sleep. So I went outside to see her. I only had a robe on, so I was naked underneath it. I ended up taking it off," Harry explained, finally getting Puck to stay still. "I rode Lily for a while ... and then I went back inside and upstairs."

"You rode the horse naked?" It sounded uncomfortable to Draco.

Harry blushed and nodded. "It wasn't bad. It actually felt ... nice."

"And you think that riding the horse then made you pregnant?" Draco asked. Harry had ridden the horse in the daylight too. The episode sounded odd, but not something that would convince Draco it made Harry pregnant. People rode horses all the time without anything odd happening.

"I don't know, Draco. After that, I went upstairs and had sex with you," Harry said, remembering that night. "Don't you remember?"

Luckily, they had sex a lot, but Draco did think he remembered that night. He smiled, reaching to cup Harry's cheek. "In the moonlight, I remember," he whispered.

"I even felt something different that night. I felt the magic," Harry said. "Of course, I didn't know I was being impregnated. But now, I know it was. I know that Lily helped make this happen and that she will protect me and Athena."

Draco did like the idea of it being that night. It had felt special and it would mean that the pregnancy really was about the two of them, even if facilitated by a magic horse. Just remembering it made his heart speed up. “I don’t want to risk you.”

“It’s not a risk, Draco. I am certain. I know it,” Harry said, reaching a hand for Draco’s and tugging.

Draco leant in and kissed Harry, the swollen belly of his lover pressed between them. He was still uncertain but Harry's confidence about this was reassuring.

Harry tilted his head up and kissed Draco back, his eyes sliding shut. As nervous as he was about what they had learned, this talk with Draco had, oddly, calmed Harry down.

Draco's hand slid back to the nape of Harry's neck, fingers entwined in that thick hair. His other hand rested on his lover's belly. After several minutes of soft kissing and nuzzling he pulled back to smile at him. "However it happened, I am delighted that we will soon have our own child."

"I am, too,' Harry replied almost as soon as the words left Draco's mouth. "And if it's a horse that I have to have to thank ... then so be it."

[Luna's theories!]

Chapter 27

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