Disclaimer: The Harry Potter Series (1997-2007) and any characters and original locations within the books belong to JK Rowling. I own my original characters and my plot twists. I am not trying to pass any of these characters or copyrighted ideas off as my own and therefore it isn't plagiarism or copyright infringement.


Chapter One – The Forgotten Malfoy

Narcissa spent time at home while her husband followed the Dark Lord around like a lost puppy. She could see the darkness in those black lifeless eyes and something about that man shook her core, but she loved her husband. She also was raised in pureblood society and understood the importance of keeping one's family line clean of muggle filth. It was when her husband was out on a raid with the Death Eaters that she felt the first wave of pain. She called for a house elf and collapsed on the floor of the solarium at Malfoy Manor. Her last thought knowing something was wrong.

The house-elf Pixie rushed back with the midwife healer from St. Mungo's. Soon Narcissa was levitated to the master bedroom where after 15 hours of labor and the use of many pain potions and spells two boys were born. The two babies were placed on either side of Narcissa as she slept and the healer attempted to stop her internal bleeding. The healer shook her head as she was forced to perform a magical hysterectomy. Narcissa would live but she would not have any more children. The healer then checked the two infants. The first born son was busy screaming at the top of his lungs while the other baby just slept. The healer was concerned by the quiet baby and lifted him in her arms. She performed several investigative charms and quickly determined everything was fine. He was just quiet, which was in stark contrast to his attention demanding brother.

The healer knew that Narcissa would need help with the two babies and since her husband was busy and her eldest sister was just as busy, the healer called Andromeda. Though she was disowned and removed from the Black Family Tree, Narcissa had listed her middle sister as a last ditch emergency contact. Andromeda soon arrived with her seven year old daughter Nymphadora to help care for the twin boys.


Three months after the birth of the twins Lucius returned home to find his wife's disowned sister caring for the younger of the twin boys, Leo, who was sickly. He'd automatically bonded to the elder of the twin boys Draco and couldn't set eyes on the weaker twin. Andromeda and Nymphadora saw the hatred in Lucius' eyes when he looked at his younger son. They both grew concerned for the boy's safety and made sure to warn Narcissa of their observations.

A month later Lucius came into the room where he'd forced Leo to stay from the rest of the family spouting, "Leo is too weak to be a Malfoy. He doesn't have the strength of his older brother and thus I will enact my pureblood privilege of weeding out the weak by killing him."

The young Nymphadora wouldn't hear of it. Her face took on the facial features of a lion as she protectively held the four month old Leo. Her mother appeared and took in the scene and the wild look in Lucius' eyes. She could tell that he was already being driven mad by his duties for the Dark Lord and pointed her wand at his head and whispered, "Obliviate."

Lucius' blue eyes glaze over and he slumped to the floor. Andromeda instructed Nymphadora to leave the room with the young Leo. As soon as her daughter and nephew were safely out of the room she commanded, "Lucius, you only have one son Draco. You will not remember anything about Leo or that another child ever existed." She quickly cast spells removing all sighs of the room ever being a nursery and left him asleep in the room.

The three of them quickly ran up the stairs to the room where Narcissa was busy caring for Draco. Andromeda knew her younger sister well enough to know that she would never survive Lucius killing one of her sons. She opened the door quickly and stepped into the room with her daughter following her, "Cissy, we need to talk." She approached the bed where her sister lay with the now sleeping Draco in her arms, "Lucius, just attempted to kill Leo because of his weak constitution. I had to use the memory charm to stop him. He will not remember that Leo existed and I think for your protection and health I should do the same to you."

Narcissa furrowed her light brow, "What will happen to Leo?"

"We will take him to another country to be raised. He will grow up not knowing he is a Malfoy heir and away from the darkness rising in England. He will have an opportunity to grow up and we will make sure he lives a long and healthy life," Andromeda placed a reassuring hand on her sister's shoulder.

"You know I love Leo just as much as I love Draco. I don't know what's happened to the kind hearted man I married, but something in Lucius has changed. I cannot believe he'd willingly kill one of his son's. However, he's no longer the man I married. Something has changed and I fear for both my sons. Perhaps this is for the best. Please keep him safe and I will do everything to make sure Draco is kept that way," tears formed in Narcissa's gray eyes.

"I promise," Andromeda whispered as she pointed her wand at her sister, "Obliviate." She sighed, "Narcissa you will not remember anything about Leo and you will only remember having one son. Draco was the only baby you carried." She then turned as her daughter followed her with Leo still in her arms. They walked to the fireplace and flooed back to the Tonks' residence where Ted awaited them.

"Dora dear, why are you carrying a baby?" he looked down at the little bundle in her arms. His blond hair was in a tuft on the top of his head and his gray eyes were open, looking around with curiosity.

She looked up at her daddy, "Lucius was going to kill him because he's sick. Mum wouldn't allow it so she made them forget and we're going to find a safe place for him to live."

Ted looked over at his wife with a raised eyebrow, "Honey, do you think this is a good idea?"

"What did you expect me to do? Allow Lucius to kill poor little Leo because he has a weak constitution. You know as well as I do that babies can grow out of it. He might end up being the more powerful of the two twins in the end anyway. He will stay with us for now, until I can procure a nanny in France."

Ted hugged his wife, "No, you have too big of a heart to allow an innocent child to die. How are we paying for the nanny?"

Andromeda's eyes twinkled, "Well, you see when the twins were born two vaults were opened. One for Draco and one for Leo, and Narcissa granted me access to Leo's vault since I've been taking care of him since Lucius returned. So, we'll be able to use his funds to help raise him. Also we'll need to look into hiding the existence of that account and break it off from the rest of the Malfoy holdings. We don't need them discovering the vault later and wondering who Leo is and why they opened the vault."

"You know the goblins aren't going to willingly assist with that," Ted warned.

"Well, I guess it's a good thing that I still have a few family contacts after being removed from the Black family tree. Some people still remember me and frankly the Black family name does still hold some influence," her eyes twinkled as she spoke of her family heritage.


A year later, Andromeda, Ted, and Nymphadora took a trip to the French countryside shortly after Harry Potter defeated the Dark Lord. The now eight year old Nymphadora couldn't wait to visit her favorite cousin, little Leo had wormed his way into her heart. The international portkey took them to a small French village where they sidelong apperate to the heavily warded stone cottage. The family of three knocked on the door to have it answered by the friendly young couple they'd hired to care for the young boy.

"Ah it's a pleasure to see you again. Have you come to check on Master Leo?" the young witch with warm brown eyes and chestnut colored hair opened the door to usher them in.

"Where is my little lion?" Nymphadora ran through the door barely able to contain her excitement as her hair changed from brown to pink to blue and then stopped at green.

"Leo is asleep in his crib. It's about time for him to wake up if you want to go check Dora," the dark haired man with round glasses suggested walking into the room.

The young witch turned, "Dromeda is it true what they're saying about the Dark Lord? Was he really defeated by a child a bit younger than Leo? Is he really gone? Is it safe for Leo to return to England now? Is that why you're here after not visiting since you left him with us?"

"No Elaine, I fear it won't be safe for Leo to return for a very long time. His father still lives and it was he who wished him dead in the first place. I fear my young nephew will grow up only knowing this cottage and the small muggle village. We will start a subscription to the Daily Profit so that you all can keep up with English news and when he's old enough to read, you may tell him about his family. However, when you think he's ready to know please let us tell him. We are the only family he'll be in touch with for a very long time. I do not know how his brother Draco will react, as he's being raised under the same poisonous environment that caused their father to desire Leo's death."

"I fear for the young Draco then," Elaine muttered as Nymphadora walked down the stairs with young Leo in her arms.

She smiled at everyone, "Leo has gotten so big. Look at how long his blond hair is."

Elaine chuckled, "We decided to keep his hair long. It's just too beautiful to cut."

Andromeda sighed, "That long hair reminds me too much of his father, but I'm sure growing up away from his brother and father will make him a better person."

Ted cleared his throat, "When he reaches the age 5 we will send a tutor to help you with his magical training. We fear sending him to school may not be possible with his situation. I know we wouldn't want to send him to The Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning because it's likely he will be recognized as resembling Draco, however we can consider The Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. We'd just have to be careful and make sure no one will associate him with the Malfoys. Perhaps we should consider giving the boy an alias so that no one can report back to Lucius and Narcissa."

Andromeda quirked an eyebrow, "I'll get working but I think a name we can use for young Leo that won't be too conspicuous is my mother's maiden name Rosier. I am thinking that we should consider The Beauxbatons Academy of Magic because I do not see Draco being sent to that learning institution. Also with it being in France it's most likely he'll receive a letter from that school when he turns eleven."

Elaine's brown eyes lit up, "I'm so happy you're considering allowing him to attend school. He's such a loving boy. I couldn't imagine him not having the opportunity to make friends. Do you think it is safe for him to know about his family?"

Ted nodded, "Yes, the boy needs to know where he comes from. He will eventually have to make his presence known after he comes of age. Though perhaps we'll need to cast the Tongue-Tying Curse on him for his protection, so that he cannot allow that information slip, I think that would be better for him than removing the knowledge. We still have ten years to iron out all of the details, but I'm sure everything will be fine."


A/N: This is my first fiction in this fandom though I've read quite a few recently. I also want to let you know that I'm American and thus may make an error here and there when writing in a British setting. Also this fan fiction is set in an alternate reality and all changes usually occur because of Leo's existence. I know it's a bit of a slow start. Someone asked why I didn't just kill of Lucius as it would have taken care of things in the long run. However, Narcissa loves her husband and frankly Draco wouldn't be who he is without Lucius. Also Leo is the person he is because he was raised away from the others. It's sad that someone hated the main concept of the story.