A/N: OMG! I finally have the first chapter of the sequel out! I'm so excited! I thank absolutely everyone who put me under alerts, favourites or anything else! I love you all!
I do have one thing to point out that one of my reviewers pointed out to me, something I overlooked. Sierra does have an older brother! I will introduce him in this story, I promise, I may have to be reminded, I'll take care of that, but he will get in there, just be patient! Many thanks to Avestia for pointing that out to me!
I won't say much more, I'll let you just get on with your reading.
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Chapter One - Coming Home
Friday, May 31st
Hermione and Draco walked towards Hermione's car, with Draco carrying Scorpius in one of his arms, and his trunk in the other. Hermione carried her trunk and Draco's owl, Cardon.
They put all of there trunks and Cardon in the boot of the car and climbed in the back.
"Took you long enough." Hermione commented as she buckled herself, and then helped Draco. He wasn't used to riding in a car yet.
"You should be grateful that we came to get you at all." Haylee answered. Hermione rolled her eyes. Casey looked back and pulled her sunglasses to the end of her nose to get a better look at the three of them.
"Who's the baby?" She asked. Hermione raised her eyebrows at her.
"You'll find out soon enough, but his name is Scorpius." She answered her. Casey and Haylee scoffed as they turned out onto the road.
"Scorpius is a stupid name. I would be embarrassed if I were that kid's parents." Haylee commented. Hermione had to put a hand on Draco's arm to stop him from saying something stupid.
"You'll see." Hermione said. The rest of the trip was relatively silent in the back seat, but Haylee and Casey didn't stop talking the entire time they were driving. They talked about anything that came into mind. Draco and Hermione took turns holding Scorpius and shushing him. The little boy was fussing like you wouldn't believe.
As they pulled into Hermione's house, Kaz was just walking up to her front door. Kaz was Hermione's best muggle friend. She knew all about Hogwarts and Hermione's magic life, and during the holidays, Kaz had met Draco, and they had got along swimmingly.
As soon as Kaz saw the car pull up into the driveway, and saw Hermione and Draco sitting in the back seat, you could see her eyes light up and she walked to where the car had stopped. Hermione opened the door, with Scorpius cuddled in her arms. She smiled widely at her friend, and opened her other arm for a hug. Kaz went up to her and stopped dead when she saw the small bundle.
Her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped.
"No way!" She cried. Hermione laughed.
"Yes, way." She answered. Kaz jumped up and down, and then took the bundle from her. "Quiet, he's sleeping."
"He's gorgeous!" She squealed. "What's his name?"
"Scorpius." Draco answered. Hermione jumped at the sound of his voice.
"Don't do that!" She chastised. Draco smirked at her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Ah, so the boyfriend survives." Kaz joked. Draco glared at her and kissed Hermione's neck.
"Of course I did." He answered, clearly annoyed by the statement. Kaz and Hermione laughed at him.
"Come on, we have to get inside. I guess I have some explaining to do." Hermione sighed. Draco let go of her and rubbed her arms.
"Have fun. I'll be out here waiting until you give the all clear." He assured. Hermione gave him an insufferable look.
"Fine, but don't run off anywhere. Can I have the letter?" She asked. Draco fished it out of his pocket.
"There you go. I love you." Draco said, and kissed on the lips. Kaz cleared her throat.
"Well, do I get to hear this interesting story of pregnancy and child birth or what?" She asked. Hermione sighed.
"Come on, let's head inside." She answered. Hermione took Scorpius back from Kaz, gave Draco a quick kiss and walked inside to face the music.
Inside, Haylee, Casey, and Hermione's parents were sitting on the couch, obviously talking about something important by the looks on their faces. When they heard the door close, all the heads turned to face them.
"See, we told you that she had a baby with her, and you didn't believe us." Haylee said smugly.
"Oh, shut up, Haylee. You don't even know the full story." Hermione snapped. Her temper was at its end already. Haylee just glared at her and leaned back in the chair.
"So, what's the "full story" then?" She asked. Hermione took a deep breath and sat down opposite the rest of her family. Casey looked around.
"Hey, where's the boy we brought back with you?" She asked. Hermione snorted.
"Slytherins are known for their cunning and sense of self-preservation, not courage. He's outside, waiting until he can come inside and not get hurt, or yelled out, or thrown out of the house." She answered. Haylee and Casey rolled their eyes and studied their nails, while Hermione's parents looked at her with concern.
"Hermione, what happened?" Her mother asked. "Why do you have a child with you?"
Hermione took a deep breath.
"It all started after I was abducted by Lucius Malfoy. During my, "stay", there, Narcissa Malfoy, Draco's mother, helped me live through everything that Lucius put me through. I even have scars to prove it." Hermione lifted her shirt to just underneath her breasts, so her family and Kaz could see the scar that Lucius had made with his knife. She heard her parents and sisters gasp. For the first time it seemed that something was getting through to them. She wasn't just their annoying little sister, she was putting her life on the line nearly everyday so she could stay with the guy she loved, and help her best friend save the world. She lowered her shirt.
"Narcissa would tell me everyday that Draco was coming to get me. That he was coming to help me. I believed her, because it was the only thing that kept me going; that, and the small amounts of food and water that she was able to smuggle me. It lasted days. Apparently, during my stay at the manor, Narcissa sent Draco a letter. Here, take a look at this." Hermione passed the note to her parents, who read it together and passed it along to Haylee and Casey, who then passed it to Kaz. Hermione's mother stood up and went to hug her daughter.
"Oh Hermione. I'm so sorry." She muttered. Hermione hugged her back, but then pulled out of her arms.
"Honestly mum, I wouldn't have it any other way." She answered. Mrs. Granger kissed Hermione on the forehead. That was when Kaz saw the ring Hermione wore on her finger. Her eyes widened and she grabbed Hermione's hand.
"What?" She asked. Hermione snatched her hand back.
"It's Draco's way of making sure that I'm an honest woman." She muttered, rubbing the hand with the ring on it. Her mother had taken Scorpius out of her lap and gone back to her seat to coo at her grandson.
"What are you doing Hermione?" Casey asked suspiciously. Hermione groaned.
"Hiding something I don't want you to see." She answered. Unfortunately, Haylee and Casey were smart girls; they put two and two together and came out with four.
"No way!" They squealed and rushed over to kneel in front of Hermione. They grabbed her hand and held it out to look at.
"That's gorgeous. He must have taken out a huge loan for this thing." Haylee commented. Casey nodded in agreement.
"This, is a family heirloom. Narcissa gave it to Draco to give to me." Hermione explained.
"What is, darling?" Her father asked. Haylee and Casey smiled evilly and made their way back to their seats.
"I think we underestimated the size of your fiancé's wealth, don't you think Casey?" Haylee asked.
"Yes, I do think that we rather underestimated it by the size of that ring, Haylee." She agreed. Mr. Granger looked at Hermione curiously.
"What are they talking about, Hermione?" He asked curiously. Hermione took another deep breath.
"As Draco wrote in his letter to you, he's grown up in a family of tradition. It deeply troubled him that we had a child, but we weren't married, or engaged. By the time that he proposed, we were both seventeen and of age. He now feels marginally better about the situation now that we are engaged." She answered, hoping against hope that her father wouldn't burst.
"Then he lied to us." He stated. Hermione closed her eyes and drew a breath. When she opened them again, she posed her next question.
"What would you do in his position, dad? He's a seventeen year old father, who doesn't like the situation he's been put in one bit, and hates that he's had to bring me in on it as well. The only thing he could think of to make his position a little better was to propose to me. And I agreed. I want to spend the rest of my life with him. We'll get married after the war ends, possibly have more children, I don't know. But everyday he beats himself up over his stupid family curse, and how he had to get me pregnant to make sure he stayed alive. But I was the one who said that I would go along with it. He didn't do it behind my back. He told me everything he knew about it, and Narcissa had told him everything she knew about it. Don't blame him over something he can't control." She finished. Hermione could see her father turn things over in his mind.
"No, I can't blame him for this. And I'm glad that he's tried to make and honest woman out of you. Go bring him in. He needs a true welcome to the family." He answered, smiling at her. Hermione grinned massively.
"Thank you, daddy! I love you!" She cried, leaping out of her chair and gave him a huge hug, before walking out to the door and opening it.
"Draco, you're in the clear, you can come in." She called out to him. Draco was sitting a bit to the right of the door, on a bench that was under the porch. He looked up at her.
"Really? I'm not going to be killed?" He asked. Hermione jumped at the sound of his voice being so close to her again.
"Oh! There you are. No, you aren't going to be killed. Dad wants to give you a true welcome to the family thing. I have no idea what he's going to do, but he looked appeased when I told him everything. I'm sure it will be something good." Hermione answered. Draco breathed a sigh of relief and got up off the bench. He kissed her softly once, before Hermione dragged him behind her.
When he reached the rest of the family and Kaz, Kaz was the first to jump up and hug him.
"Aww! Welcome to the family Draco!" She cried. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"You aren't even in the family, Kaz!" She pointed out. Kaz pouted.
"I pretty much am! I spend more time here than I do at home during the holidays. I could practically call your folks mum and dad!" She commented. Hermione conceded her point.
"I guess so."
Haylee and Casey were the next ones to come up and give Draco the good word.
"I guess you aren't so bad if you're able to keep Hermione in line and out of our way." They conceded. Draco snorted.
"I'll take that as a welcome then." He answered. Hermione and Kaz laughed. Draco looked towards Hermione's parents next hesitantly. Mrs. Granger opened her arms and Draco walked over to her and gave her a hug.
"Thank you, my boy. I'm glad Hermione has you." She whispered. Draco smiled at her.
"Thank you Mrs. Granger." He answered. He turned to Mr. Granger next and he stood and held out his hand.
"Welcome to the family, son." He announced. Draco felt tears come to his eyes, and he fought them back, taking hold of Mr. Granger's hand and shaking it firmly.
"Thank you, sir." He responded, his voice croaking a bit.
"So, I guess that we will have to get Hermione to enlarge her bed for you to sleep in too. I'm not about to split apart that happy couple." He announced again. Haylee and Casey's mouths dropped open quickly followed by Hermione's, once it registered in her mind.
"Are you joking? Because if you are, that isn't funny." She snapped. Her father laughed and shook his head.
"I'm not joking Hermione. Kaz, help these two get their stuff upstairs." He ordered. Kaz nodded and they walked outside, back to the car to get their belongings. Hermione grabbed her trunk and Draco grabbed his, while Kaz brought Cardon inside. They brought them up into Hermione's room. Hermione bit her lip when they got inside.
"You're going to have to leave the room, Kaz. I'm not allowed to do magic in front of you." She explained. Kaz huffed, but left the room gracefully. Hermione took her wand out and enlarged her bed to the size of a double, before stowing it away and calling Kaz back in. She was laughing as she entered.
"What's so funny?" Draco asked. Kaz chuckled evilly again.
"You're sisters are complaining to your dad about you two getting to sleep together in your room." She answered. Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes.
"They were always jealous of me." She responded. Draco grinned, and grabbed her around the waist, before pulling her onto the bed.
"Of course they were. What's not to be jealous of?" He commented. Hermione squealed as they hit the bed and Kaz laughed at the doorway. Hermione glared at him and hit him. Draco grinned again and kissed her. Hermione smiled into the kiss. Kaz had to clear her throat again.
"Before you go making any more babies, can I leave the room?" She asked after the couple had broken apart. Hermione laughed.
"Come lay down with us, Kaz." She suggested, making Draco shovel over so that they could fit an extra person on the bed. Kaz jumped in on the other side of Hermione.
"I would love to." She answered, Hermione laughed. Draco sighed.
"Girls." He muttered. Hermione elbowed him in the ribs. He yelped, and the other two laughed. Draco rubbed his ribs.
"You have pointy elbows." He complained. Hermione laughed again, and then all three looked up to see Hermione's mother walking in, carrying Scorpius. Hermione sat up immediately and held her arms out for him. Mrs. Granger put him in her arms and sat on the end of the bed as the other two also sat up.
"Your father is bringing in your old cot for him to sleep in. You're going to have to do something to make sure we don't hear him if he wakes up, or you two for that matter." She added. Hermione glared at her mother, Draco cleared his throat and Kaz was laughing.
"You can go now, mother." She insisted. Mrs. Granger started laughing, along with Kaz, and that was when Mr. Granger walked in with Hermione's old cot. Of course, it was pink, but Hermione would just have to change the colour of that later.
"That's perfect, dad. Could you put it over there, by the window?" Hermione asked. Her father nodded and carried it to the window. Draco got up to help, and pushed it into the wall, directly under the window.
"Thanks for that." Mr. Granger said, and patted Draco on the back. Draco smiled.
"That's alright." He answered. Mr. Granger smiled back at him and left the room, while Draco went to sit back on the bed.
Just as Draco sat down, an owl landed on the windowsill and started tapping on the window. Mrs. Granger sighed, before getting up and opening the window for the beautiful, white, snowy owl.
"That's Harry's." Hermione points out, before taking the letter from the owl, who had landed beside her on the bed, patting her on the head and reading the letter aloud to those on the room.
Dear Hermione and Draco,
How are you? Did everything go okay with talking to Hermione's parents? Is Draco still alive? Sierra will be mighty pissed off if he isn't, I'll tell you now. I'm glad you told them everything though; you will all be a lot happier.
We're all great here, Sierra and I are both happy and well, as are the Weasley's, if not a bit tired from greeting everyone at the same time, and talking long into the night on training schedule's and such nonsense.
Speaking of training, you guys better start doing some sort of physical exercise, other than that,
Here, Draco and Hermione rolled their eyes and scowled, as Kaz laughed and Mrs. Granger raised her eyebrows at the two of them.
"He makes it sound like we're having sex all the time!" Draco complained. He looked towards Mrs. Granger. "Which is completely not true Mrs. Granger, I assure you." The aforementioned woman just nodded her head like she believed him.
"I'm going to kill Harry." Hermione muttered, before going on with the letter.
for the couple of weeks that you're going to be away. You won't want to be in a bad way when you get here. The training regime they've made up is going to be gruelling.
Hedwig will wait a reply.
See you guys in a couple of weeks,
Harry, Sierra and Ron.
Hermione looked up and sighed.
"They're right, we're going to have to start training sooner or later, and by the sounds of this, I'd rather sooner."
Draco grimaced.
"That sounds fun." He replied sarcastically. Hermione scowled at him and swatted his arm, causing him to scowl back, which, in turn, caused Kaz to snort, in a rather unlady-like manner. Mrs. Granger smiled at the teenagers in the room before sighing and standing up.
"Well, while you lot try and figure this problem out, I'm going to start making lunch, come down when you're ready." She commented, before leaving the room.
"Well, we should try and write a reply to Harry first." Hermione suggested. Draco nodded and she got up to get some parchment, quill and ink from her unpacked trunk.
"Are you going to unpack that?" Kaz asked. Hermione shook her head.
"No. We're just leaving again in a week anyway. Why bother? I will be changing the clothes in there though." She pointed out, and Kaz nodded knowingly.
Hermione sat down on the bed, a book she had grabbed being used as a hard backing for writing the letter against, and wrote back to Harry. She told him about her parents' reactions, and those of her sisters, before asking him what sort of training they should be doing, and signing off.
"There, done." She announced, blowing on the ink so it would dry quicker, before rolling it up and tying to Hedwig's leg. Draco took the bird to the window, opened it, and let her fly though. He stayed by the window for a bit, watching Hedwig fly away, but soon returned to his post by Hermione's side, on her, now their, bed.
"Did you know, I really hate wars?" He commented. Hermione groaned, and fell back on the bed.
"I know what you mean. They are worthless, don't accomplish anything other than mass amounts of murder, and upset everyone."
They stayed silent for a little bit more, mulling everything over, and then Hermione sat up and went to go to her trunk again. Draco sat up too, and looked at her curiously.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Getting my Defence books. The least we can do at the moment is look through these, to at least memorise some of the spells and revise them." Draco groaned and fell back on the bed.
"Only if Kaz is put through the same torture." He bargained. Hermione laughed and Kaz elbowed him roughly in the ribs.
"Of, course, it's only fair." Hermione answered, and dropped six years worth of Defence books, as well as the ones she had acquired of your own volition through the years, on the bed in front of her friend and fiancée.
"Dig in." She announced, grabbing one herself and opening it to the first page.
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