A/N I know that this took a while but here at long last is the first chapter to the seaquel to Flying Blind. I will be doing a bit of back tracking in this chapter just to add a little substance to the epiloug of Flying Blind. Don't worry I promise that this story wjill be hopefully just as good. Please enjoy.
Chapter 1 Light vs. Darkness
Ellenore thought that things couldn't get any better. She had thanks to medical and magical advances in conjunction with a potion invented by her father regained full use of her sight. She looked out at the world that surrounded her on the roof top garden of Saint Mungo's, and breathed in the sweet scents all around her. As she looked down at the streets of muggle London below she heard the excited voice of her son below urging his father on.
"Daddy, come on, we've got to bring Mummy home to Hogwarts," squealed Scorpius as he pulled hard on Draco's hand.
"Calm down, Scorp or you'll give away the element of surprise," said Draco as he looked around to see that they weren't being observed by muggles before giving his name to the mannequin in the dusty store window that protected the wizarding Hospital from muggles.
As the two Malfoy men walked up to the floor where Ellenore's room was they found that Ellenore wasn't in the room. "Daddy, Where's Mummy," asked Scorpius as he looked around the empty room for his mother? They turned as someone cleared their throat from the door way.
"If you are looking for Mrs. Malfoy she's waiting for you in the garden on the top floor," said Hermione as she pointed the way to a lift at the end of the corridor.
"Thank you Hermione, for everything," said Draco as Scorpius pulled him impatiently toward the lift. As they got to the doors of the lift, they opened to reveal Ellenore standing there with the largest smile imaginable on her face.
"Mummy," yelled Scorpius as he launched himself at her!
"Hello, my darling Scorpius. Have you come to take me home to Hogwarts," she asked happily? "Yes we have," said Scorpius as he walked hand in hand with his mother toward Draco.
"Ellenore Scorpius and I have a big Surprise for you," said Draco as he wrapped his arm around her and began to walk down the corridor toward the floo network. Draco picked Scorpius up and let him take a handful of floo powder. "Scorpius remember what I told you," said Draco as he pulled Ellenore into the floo beside him. Scorpius winked at his mother and smiled as he spoke their destination very clearly.
"Kings Cross Station, Platform 9¾," said Scorpius as the flames flashed green around them.
As the family stopped spinning Ellenore was greeted with the sound of the whistle of the Hogwarts Express blowing shrilly. She gasped in awe at the sight of the scarlet steam engine that pulled the train. "Draco, what is this all about," asked Ellenore in disbelief?
"Well darling, I figured that being since you were blind the first time and every time after that when you rode the Hogwarts Express, that it was time that you had the proper experience," he said as he helped her into the Slytherin car.
She looked around in wonder taking in every detail of the train. "Daddy, you said that Mummy needs to ride the train properly. She's not dressed right," said Scorpius as he pointed at the miniature version of the Slytherin house robes that he was wearing.
"Oh you're right, we'll have to fix that won't we," said Draco as he narrowed his eyes at his wife and drew his wand?
"Draco, why are you looking at me like that," asked Ellenore as she backed into the corner of their compartment.
Draco flicked his wand and the shades in the compartment closed. "Draco," what are you doing that for," she asked? Draco had a seductive smirk on his face and he turned Scorpius around and told him not to turn back around until mummy had finished dressing. "Draco I'm not changing in front of my son," said Ellenore in shock!
"Oh, yes you are," he said as he waved his wand in a small circle over her head and moved it slowly over her body in a downward motion. Ellenore gasped as her green fitted robes transformed into an adult version of the Slytherin house uniform, complete with school shirt and tie, and skirt and shoes.
"Draco, the skirt is way too short," said Ellenore as she attempted to cover her exposed thighs.
"Fine, I'll make it longer," said Draco with a displeased look on his face. Ellenore gave him a withering glare and he could hear her voice in his mind.
"You are being very naughty and setting a bad example for your son. If you wish to see me in this uniform again and have the skirt as short as you wish, you will lengthen it to the proper length immediately," said her voice in his head angrily. Draco lengthened the skirt to its proper length and tossed her the Slytherin robe.
"Now you are ready to return to Hogwarts," he said as he allowed Scorpius to turn around and see his mother. "That enchantment will wear off after you step through the front doors of Hogwarts," said Draco as he sat next to his wife and kissed her on the cheek. For the rest of the ride to Hogwarts they sat and watched the country side as the train passed through it, and nibbled on various sweets from the trolley. When they arrived it was dark out. Haggrid was waiting for them with his lantern and his faithful dog Fang.
Ellenore walked up to him and gazed at him in amazement. Then she hugged him and patted Fang on the head. The small family followed Haggrid to the banks of the black lake and Draco helped Ellenore and Scorpius into the boat before hopping in beside them. Haggrid got into his own boat and the boats started moving forward slowly.
As the boats moved across the lake Ellenore leaned against Draco and gazed up at the twinkling and sparkling lights of Hogwarts. "It's beautiful, Draco. To think that I missed this. Thank you for this darling," said Ellenore as she kissed Draco on the cheek.
"Don't thank me for this part. The Headmistress planned this part," said Draco as he made Scorpius a little more comfortable as he slept in his arms.
Soon the boat ride was over and Ellenore walked through the massive front doors of the castle. As she turned around slowly taking in her surroundings she smiled and joined Draco at the entrance of the dungeons. They went to their quarters and tucked Scorpius into his bed, before going off to bed themselves.
Once they were alone Draco cast a locking charm and a silencing charm on the master bedroom before waving his wand over Ellenore's tight fitting robes transforming them into the sexy adult version of the Slytherin house uniform again. Ellenore turned around and smiled into his stormy grey eyes that were swimming with desire.
"Miss Snape, you've been very naughty. I'm going to have to punish you," said Draco as he ripped his robes off over his head to reveal the fact that he was wearing nothing underneath them. Ellenore stood there silently taking in the magnificent sight of her husband's naked well-muscled body.
"Oh my, I married Hercules," said Ellenore as she walked slowly around him taking in his every masculine detail.
"Aren't you going to run from me," asked Draco with a raised eyebrow?
"Why would I do that Professor Malfoy? As you've said, I've been a very naughty girl," said Ellenore as she ran her hands down his body and accentuated her last word with a firm squeeze of his rock hard organ making him moan softly.
He growled and lifted her into his arms and carried her to the bed throwing her into the center before he pounced at her ripping her knickers off making her squeal in shock. They made love slowly and luxuriously until at least three in the morning before they both collapsed with exhaustion and slept until the morning light gleamed and sparkled in green shimmering light through the depths of the black lake.
Ellenore awoke first and went into the bathroom to shower and prepare for her first day of teaching with perfect vision. As she ran the soap over her body she noticed the Dark Mark on her left forearm, and screamed in shock. Hearing her scream, Draco fell out of bed and landed on the hard stone floor. He rushed into the bathroom to find Ellenore standing motionless under the running shower staring at her arm with a dazed expression on her face.
He dropped the sheet that he was covered in to the floor and stepped under the hot water with her. "Elly darling why did you scream," he asked as he cupped her chin in his hand and made her look into his eyes? Her eyes were terrified and she was oddly silent. Suddenly she grabbed his left arm and examined it intensely.
"Why do I still have the Dark Mark and you don't," she asked with a frown on her face?
"I don't know darling. Mine disappeared the moment that your grandfather died," said Draco in a soothing voice attempting to calm her.
"Has your parent's marks disappeared as well," she asked as she got out of the shower and dried herself with a towel?
"I think so, why," asked Draco as he scrubbed himself vigorously?
"No reason, I'll meet you and Scorpius at breakfast. I need a word with my father," said Ellenore as she dressed for the day, in a set of burgundy colored robes trimmed in black. Ellenore walked out of her office and into the potions classroom where a lone piece of chalk was scribbling instructions for the first class of the day, as a quill darted across a piece of parchment on her father's desk.
"If I didn't know that you were a ghost and a perfectionist, this would scare the shit out of me," she said as she leaned over the front of his desk and watched the quill stop in mid-sentence.
So, the procedure was a success," said Severus as he materialized in the seat of his desk?
"Yes thanks to that potion that you made, but that's not why I'm here. I need to ask you a very important question, father," said Ellenore as she unbuttoned the sleeve of her left arm and rolled it up. Severus looked at her arm and frowned.
"I know for a fact that Lucius no longer has the dark mark, and neither does Narcissa," said Severus as he looked intently at her arm. "Has Draco's vanished as well," he asked as he summoned a book from one of the shelves?
"Yes, he said that it vanished the day that Voldemort died," said Ellenore as her father made the book close with a snap.
"I see the problem than. As long as there is still one death eater in the world that is loyal to the Dark Lord and his cause, your mark will not fade. You see Poppet, The Dark Lord named you as his heiress, the Dark Princess. Now that he is gone as long as there is one whom follows him you are the Dark Lady, their leader rather you like it or not," said Severus in a matter of fact tone.
"father I don't believe in his cause. I don't want to hurt or kill anyone. What do I do about this," asked Ellenore as she paced the floor angrily.
"You will have to bend them to your will. Make them do what you wish," said Severus. Being their leader might not be a bad thing unless they wish not to do as you desire," said Severus calmly.
"I'm not going to think on this at the moment, I have classes to teach," said Ellenore as she left the potions classroom.
December came cold and filled with snow. Ellenore tried not to think about what her father had said although she knew that it wasn't like him to lie to her about something of such a serious nature. She was yet again having visions from Hogwarts past that disturbed her. This time she knew the reason for the disturbing visions, and smiled as she thought of exactly how to break the news to her family.
Christmas Eve was the best in Ellenore's memory. She could finally see in vivid detail every bright festive color. She and Draco sat by the fire in their sitting room reading Christmas story's to Scorpius, when all of a sudden Ellenore stopped reading and looked at her husband and her four year old son with a smile on her face.
"Scorpius, I want to ask you a question, and keep in mind that I will know in an instant if you are lying to me," said Ellenore with a serious expression on her face.
"Yes, Mummy," said Scorpius as he looked her directly in the eye.
"Did you use your birthday wish to give me back my sight," she asked? Scorpius nodded mutely with a big smile on his face.
"Did you wish for anything else," asked Ellenore with a smile on her face?
"Yes but if I tell you, my wish won't come true," said Scorpius.
"I bet I know what you wished for," she said with a cat like grin on her face. "Scorpius did you wish that you had a baby brother or sister," asked Ellenore calmly? Scorpius and Draco both gave Ellenore a strange look.
"Ellenore, are you saying what I think that you are saying," asked Draco with a smile sliding onto his face?
"Yes, Draco I'm going to have a baby. Actually I can't help thinking that you made a wish with those magic candles that you put on Scorpius's birthday cake," said Ellenore with a stern expression on her face. Draco looked shocked at her accusation, but he couldn't help the sly smile that came to his lips.
"Maybe I did, and maybe I didn't. Why do you ask," questioned Draco? Ellenore looked from Draco to Scorpius and smiled, and then she took out her wand and cast a spell at her abdomen. Scorpius watched in amazement as his mother's stomach glowed for a few seconds then two golden orbs floated in front of her and changed a rosy color of pink.
"Mummy, what does that mean," asked Scorpius as he looked from the two floating pink orbs to his mother's smiling face?
"It means that in July you will have two little sisters to watch over," said Draco as he pulled Ellenore into his arms and kissed her passionately. Scorpius jumped up and danced around the room with Blinky singing," I get baby sisters," over and over again.
As the months passed by during the remainder of the school year, Scorpius refused to leave his mother's side. He thought that as he was soon to be a big brother that his sisters needed to hear his voice as much as possible. He got that idea from watching his father rub his mum's stomach and speaking to it as if the baby's inside could hear him.
Ellenore was taking a much needed nap in the family sitting room one Saturday afternoon when Scorpius noticed her stomach move in a strange way. Ellenore jumped and placed a hand over her stomach and rubbed it attempting to calm the restless infants within. "Mummy your tummy was jumping," said Scorpius as he watched his mother's stomach roll and jump again.
"That's your baby sisters moving and kicking my ribs like a herd of hippogriffs," said Ellenore as she smiled at her inquisitive son. "Would you like to feel them move? It might calm them down," said Ellenore as she took Scorpius's hand and placed it on her belly tenderly. Scorpius's face lit up when the baby's kicked his hand and seemed to follow wherever he moved it on his mother's stomach.
"Mummy, their following my hand," exclaimed Scorpius excitedly!
"They certainly are," said Ellenore as she started laughing with Scorpius. Draco came into the room and kissed the top of her head.
"Ellenore, you are supposed to be resting," he said with a concerned expression on his face.
"I tried, Draco, but the girls aren't making it easy on me at the moment. What did the headmistress have to say about your request," she asked as she attempted to sit up on the sofa?
"She understands my reasoning for not wanting you to teach class all the way up in that tower. She will arrange for Firenze to teach divination classes in your stead," said Draco as he sat and placed her swollen feet onto his lap massaging them tenderly.
"Draco, What am I supposed to do for the rest of the year," asked Ellenore in a board tone?
"You'll stay off of your feet as much as possible. You know what Madam Pomfrey said about your fragile state," said Draco as he rubbed her feet.
"I'm not that damned fragile," said Ellenore momentarily forgetting that Scorpius was in the room. Scorpius covered his mouth with his eyes wide in shock. Draco glared at Ellenore with stern grey eyes and cleared his throat as he nodded over towards their son.
"Sorry about that Scorp, I didn't mean to say such a bad word, said Ellenore with a slight look of horror on her face over what she had said in front of her son. "Can you forgive me," she asked?
"I forgive you mummy, I know that you just don't want to be bored, but I'll stay with you and we can play wizard chess, gob stones, and exploding snap. I can also practice my reading by reading stories to the baby's offered Scorpius.
"You're going to make a wonderful big brother to your sisters, said Draco as he smiled down at his son's little face with his middle tooth missing. "What happened to your tooth," asked Draco?
"It fell out when I was eating my peanut butter and jam sandwich at lunch time. One of the older students in Slytherin house said that I should save it and place it under my pillow, because the tooth fairy will take it and exchange it for money or a small toy," said Scorpius as he took the tooth out of his pocket and tenderly unwrapped it from the napkin to show off to his parents.
"If I could meet the tooth fairy, I would ask her to give me moneys instead of a toy, that way I can buy presents for my baby sister's for their birthday, When is their birthday anyway," asked Scorpius as he placed the tooth carefully back into his pocket?
"Their birthday will be on the day that they choose to come out of your mummy's tummy," said Draco as he ran his hand over Ellenore's swollen belly lovingly.
"I wish that they would come out soon. How much longer do we have to wait until they come out," asked Scorpius? Draco withdrew his wand and summoned the calendar from his room.
"Do you see this? This is today," said Draco as he pointed his finger at the square with the date inside of it. "At the end of each day we draw an,"X," through the box to tell us that the day is over. Draco flipped four pages in the calendar and pointed to a date that was circled in red. "This is the day that the baby's should be born on, it could happen anytime during this month. So since I am going to be so busy why don't you keep track of this and mark the days every night before you go to bed," said Draco as he handed Scorpius the calendar. "It's a very important job, can you take care of it for me like a big boy," asked Draco as he got up from the sofa and levitated Ellenore who was now sleeping heavily into his arms?
"I can do it daddy," said Scorpius as he hugged the calendar to his chest and ran into his room to put it somewhere where he could see it every day.
July of that year Ellenore gave birth to twin baby girls with black hair and black eyes in the maternity ward of Saint Mungo's. The first born of the twins was named Cassiopeia Ara Malfoy. The second of the twins born five minutes later was named Delphin Lyra Malfoy. Scorpius was very excited as his proud father held him up so that he could look into the nursery window at his two baby sisters.
"Look at them Daddy, my baby sisters are perfect, aren't they," asked Scorpius as he waved happily at the twins being held by the medi-Witches who watched over the babies in the nursery.
"Not too bad for girls," said Draco as he smiled at his two daughters.
"Don't let your wife hear you say that Draco," came the voice of his mother from behind them. Draco turned and put Scorpius down before accepting congratulating handshakes and hugs from his parents.
"Do I look stupid to you," asked Draco with a stern expression on his face?
"That would depend greatly on who you ask mate," came the voice of Blaze Zabini as he leaned against the wall looking in at his own new born son. "If you ask me boys are much simpler to deal with. I've been lucky so far. I have three boys and no girls," he said with a satisfied smile as he pointed to his newest son.
"Maybe if your daughters are lucky enough to catch my son's eye, one of them will end up marrying my youngest son, Adrian," said Blaze as he gestured toward his waling son in the crib.
"There will be no talk of future marriages, yet Blaze, my wife would have my head if I made such a decision without her," said Draco as he walked over to his friend and offered his hand in congratulations.
A/N Thanks for reading. Please leave a review and let me know what you think about the seaquel so far. All comments are welcome. Chapter 2 Double Vision is the next chapter.