I'M BACK PEOPLES! Yes, I am finally back from my author break, sorry it took so long. So this is my first Harry Potter fic, so I hope you enjoy!

Prologue

~Third Person Pov.~

A little girl ran up to a man and clung to his leg, she came up to about halfway up his thigh. She was rather thin and a little pale. She had short black hair with her hair parted to the right side. Her bright purple eyes shined with happiness as he looked down at the little girl and gave her a smile.

"Daddy, where are you going today? You said you were going to take me some were special." She said. He kneeled down and picked her up.

"Well, I have to go teach at a school, but I can't take you with me. So I asked a few people I know if you could hang out with their son while I'm away. They said they would love to have you. I'll come get you whenever the school has a break, alright?" The girl looked like she was about to cry. The man leaned down and gave the girl a kiss on the cheek. "Now don't cry, you'll be fine, now remember I love you, okay?"

She let out a slightly watery smile. "I love you to Daddy. If you're going to teach at a school, what are you going to teach?" she asked

"Well, I would love to teach the Defense against the Dark Arts, but I'll be teaching potions." He said

"Where the school and what is it called?" she asked

"Well, I'm not really sure where it is, but it's called Hogwarts. It's the Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You'll be going there in a few years, you know?"

"Really? How many is a few?" she asked excitedly. She understood what magic was and how the magical world worked.

"Well, if you're five now, you have six years until you can start. So sweetie, for the next three years, I'll be going and teaching at the school. So there will be some times were you won't see me for a while." He said sadly

The young girl patted the man's leg. "It's okay Daddy, just make sure you don't forget about me, okay?" the girl said with a giant smile. The man stood up and picked up the girl, swinging her around a few times.

"I could never forget my little princess. Now let's go get you packed." He said putting her down and ushering her towards her room.

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The girl lugged her suitcase into her living room with her father following close behind her. She stopped and turned around to face her father.

"Okay, keep a tight hold on your suitcase and give me you other hand."

"Why?" the girl asked tilting her head to the side.

"We're going to aperate. You'll fully understand what it is someday." He said holding out his hand. She slowly reached up to grab his hand. "Hold on tight." The girl gave a nod, and then the man whisked them away. When they landed in a rather bland entre way, the girl spun around a few times giggling.

"Hehe, that was fun!" she said looking up at her father. He smiled down at her.

Suddenly a man with long pale blond hair and a woman with black and white hair came in with a young boy following behind them walked in.

"Ah, Severus, it's good to see you." The woman smiled "Is she the girl you told us about?" she asked pointing to the young girl.

"It's pleasant to see you as well Narcissa, you as well Lucius." Severus said "And yes, she is." He said looking down at the young girl. He knelt down. "You'll be polite while I'm away, right?" he said

"Of course!" The girl said. She gave light cough as a joke and turned toward the two adults.

"Thank you very much for letting me stay here while my father is working Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, my name is Midnight!" she said cutely. If it had been an anime, there would have been sparkles and flowers flying around her. Lucius Malfoy tried hard to keep a straight face while Narcissa let out a bright smile. She knelt down in front of Midnight the best she could in her tight fitting dress.

"There is no need for formalities, you'll be staying here for a while so you can just call me Narcissa or 'Sissy' for short." She said. The girl gave a nod, and then she turned to Lucius.

"Is there anything specific you would like me to call you Mr. Malfoy?" the girl asked politely. He let out a small smile

"Mr. Malfoy's fine." He said

"Oh, and let me introduce you to someone, come here Dear." Narcissa said turning towards Lucius. A small blond haired boy popped his head out from behind his father. He came out and stood in front of Midnight. She tilted her head to the side and narrowed her eyes in thought, than they widened.

"Ghost!" she said pointing at the boy who stood at least a head taller than her. The pale boy frowned slightly.

"I'm not a ghost." He walked forward and took the girls tiny hand in his slightly larger one. "See? If I was a ghost, I wouldn't be able to touch you." He said with a slight smile. Midnight narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Maybe…what's your name, Mr. Ghost?" she said. The boy glared slightly.

"My name's Draco Malfoy."

"Well Draco, I'm still not so sure if you're a ghost are not, but let's be friends!" the girl said smiling brightly and holding out her hand. Draco looked skeptically at her hand, but then took it and gave it a shake.

"Sure." He said giving a smile.

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Five Years Later

"Draco! Wait up!" a girl yelled running down the stairs after the blond haired boy.

"No way! You hurry up, let's go out back and try these out." He yelled back at his childhood friend. The girl jumped the last four steps and caught up with Draco and they ran out the doors and into the Malfoy's yard. He tossed the girl one of the objects he had been running with and she caught it, quickly mounting the broom. She lightly pushed off the ground and took off, she pulled a quick U-turn and looked down at Draco.

"How the heck did you do that?" he yelled up at the girl.

"It's simple, run, jump, and then nudge." She said smiling down at Draco.

"That's not how you're supposed to do it!" he slightly growled at her.

"Well that's how I do it, so get over it." She said slightly smirking. Draco rolled his eyes and then mounted his broom. He took a breath then gave a harsh kick off the ground and slightly hovered there. Then he directed his broom towards Midnight and kind of wiggled his way over to where the girl was sitting with her arms crossed. When he reached her, he rolled his eyes.

"You are such a show off." He mumbled.

"What was that?" the girl playfully asked as she put her open hand next to her ear as if she was trying to get a clear sound.

Not too far away, Narcissa and Lucius watch the two flying around.

"I can't believe how much they've grown up." Narcissa said to her husband.

"It is hard to imagine, and to think that next year they'll be going off to school." Lucius muttered.

"I'm going to miss seeing Midnight all the time, she really is such a sweet girl, she just seems so small for her age. I wonder if there's something up with her that Severus failed to mention…" she mumbled towards the end. Just then, the two adults heard a loud coughing sound. They looked up and saw Midnight swaying on her broom, and it was hard to tell, but it looked like there was a slight trickle of crimson. Midnight slowly began to shift more, than she fell to her side, and off her broom.

Draco watched with wide eyes as Midnight passed out and began falling to the earth. Then he shook his head and dove down, grabbing onto her hand. He struggled to hold onto her as he began to slowly descend. His parents rushed over as he landed and began examining the unconscious girl.

"We need to get her to St. Mungo's Hospital as soon as possible!" Narcissa said hurriedly. Lucius gave a nod and picked up the Midnight and rushed into the house.

"Mother, were is Father taking her?" Draco said looking up at his mother with worry.

"He's taking her to the hospital, now follow me, we need to send an owl to Severus and then head to the hospital to check on Midnight." She said taking Draco's hand and leading him to Lucius's study. She pulled out a piece of paper and a quill, than she began quickly scribbling down a letter. She summoned an owl and sent it on its way. Then she led Draco to their fireplace and flooed to the hospital. Narcissa hurried up to a desk.

"Excuse me, my husband just brought a young girl in here, Lucius Malfoy and Midnight. Can I please know where they are?" she asked. The nurse gave a nod and showed her a piece of paper. Narcissa gave a nod and took Draco's hand, leading him through the slightly crowded halls. When they reached Lucius, he was sitting in a chair with his hands covering his face.

"How is she?" Narcissa asked

"I have no idea, when I brought her in they took her straight away. Did you send word to Severus?" he asked. Narcissa gave a nod. Narcissa and Draco sat down and they waited. It's was about an hour before they heard another pair of hurried footsteps. They all looked up to see Severus Snape rushing their direction.

"Is she alright?" he asked

"We don't know…" Narcissa whispered. Just then, one of the doctors walked out. Severus looked up.

"Are you her father?" the doctor asked Severus.

"Yes."

"Please come with me sir." The two adults walked into Midnights room.

"Are you aware that she has heart problems, Sir?" the doctor asked

"Yes, once a year I take her to a mugle hospital because they seem more equipped for it than wizards." He said

"Well, you are correct with that. There's just one problem, we have no idea what's wrong with her besides that it has to do with her heart. We have no idea how to treat it, it's fully possible that it's a cardiac alteration that changed the way her heart is shaped slightly. That would explain why she coughed up blood, it would have built up slightly, and the closest outlet for the excess blood would have been her mouth. If that's what it is, her body may adjust someday, or it may not. And as far as we know right now, her life is not in danger. We're going to run a few more test to see if we can find anything. She should be out of here soon though, now if you excuse me, I should go start the tests. Are you okay with waiting outside the room?" the doctor asked. Severus gave a nod, then walked out of the room.

The Malfoy's stood up "Is she going to be alright?" Narcissa asked.

"They think that the shape of her heart has been changed slightly, which caused her to have some sort of attack. They going to run a few more tests, but they know that her life is not in danger at the moment." He said quietly. They all sat down again and waited for the test results to be completed. After about an hour Draco jumped up and whispered something in his mother's ear.

"Can we?" he asked as he pulled away. Narcissa gave a smile.

"Of course." She turned towards Lucius and Severus. "We'll be back soon." Then she took Draco's hand and they walked off.

After an hour, the two came back. Draco was carrying a box wrapped with pearly black wrapping paper and a slightly see through bluish purple ribbon wrapped around it and tied in a neat bow. Draco set the gift on a table next to an empty chair. Then he sat himself in the high chair and sat the box in his lap as his feat swung back and forth above the ground. After about a half an hour the same doctor from before came up to the silent group.

"We determined that it is a heart alteration. We still have no idea how her body will deal with it, but I'm sure she'll be fine. She seems like a fighter. You can all go in and see her now. She's awake." The doctor said leading the group into the room. When the young girl saw them she gave bright smile. Draco walked up to her bed, jumped up onto it, and placed the gift on her lap. She looked at it, then towards Draco.

"What is it?" she asked

"It's a get well gift, my mother and I got it for you. Now go on! Open it!" he said with a smile. Midnight gave a nod. She carefully untied the bow and set it next to her. Then she carefully pulled off a piece of the paper and sat it down next to the ribbon, than she tore the rest of the paper off. And looked and a semi small black wooden jewelry box. She looked over at her friend.

"Open it." He said with his smile growing. Midnight pushed the two buttons on the side of the lock and lifted the lid. Inside the box sat four objects, three if you counted the pair of earrings as one thing. Her eyes lit up. Inside the box was a purplish black fabric chocker attacked to a long black chain holding a small pearly black metal heart shaped locket with a purple crystal heat in the center. Then there was a small pair of stud earrings that were small roses. They were black with both a blue and purple tint. And finally, there was a dark purple, close to black, fake rose with a bright blue tint sitting a polished black clip. Midnight looked up Draco.

"You got these for me?" she asked quietly. "You shouldn't have…" she said quietly

"Of course I should have, you're my best friend, and besides, you can consider it a birthday present for the previous four years I never got you anything." He said. The girl let out a small laugh, than she gently put the box on her bedside table, than pulled Draco into a tight hug. "Thank you." She whispered in his ear. When she pulled away, she lightly kissed his cheek, which lit Draco's face on fire, making the adults chuckle.

"Let's make a promise, let's always protect each other to the best of our abilities, okay?" she asked holding out her pinkie. Draco gave a nod and interlocked their pinkies. Then the doctor came in and cleared Midnight. She was now free to go. She was just required to come back twice a year for treatment. The two children were holding hands as they walked behind their family, than Draco had an idea. Since Midnight still only came up to Draco's shoulders, he pulled her onto his back and gave her a piggy back ride until they got to the fireplace's, than he set her down.

They flooed back to Malfoy Manor, the two took off, having already had a mental conversation about what they were going to do when they got back. When they came running through the room again, they were both wearing swimsuits. The adults stood there for a second, then followed to the two children out into the huge backyard of the Malfoy's. They heard a splash and saw the two children dive into the huge pool at the same time. When they surfaced, they were both laughing.

"I have a feeling they're going to stick together through thick and thin…they just seem to be getting closer and closer together." Narcissa said looking happily at the two children.

"I am quite interested to see where their relationship will go." Lucius said. Both of the Malfoy's turned to see Severus slightly glaring, they both understood that his fatherly instinct to protect his daughter from boys was starting to kick in.

"As long as you two understand that if he hurts her, I will kill him." Severus said. Lucius let out a rare chuckle.

"I have a feeling both you and Narcissa would both want to do that. She may want those two to end up together in the end, but she thinks of Midnight as a daughter, and you know mothers are protective as well."

"I can speak for myself Lucius!" Narcissa said slightly blushing, and then she had a thought "Speaking of mothers, who is Midnight's mother, I never thought you were married Severus." she asked. Severus stiffened.

"In reality I am not at all related to her. Her mother was brutally murdered in front of her when she was extremely young, I think she was about three and a half, closer to four years old when she and her mother were kidnapped. The Ministry showed up to late to save her mother, but they were able to save her before she took too much damage. Her father…went missing when she was about one and a half. Her mother new that they were being targeted, so she said that if she was ever unable to take care of her daughter, she asked if I would look after Midnight in her place. I couldn't say no, her mother and I had been close friends when we were in school together." He said. Narcissa looked like she was going to feint.

"To go through all that at such a young age…does she know that you aren't her actual father?" she said quietly, looking toward the smiling girl.

"Kind of, she's aware that we aren't actually blood related, but she considers me her father since I've been taking care of her ever since her mother's death. As far as I know, she has rare extremely short flashbacks of her father, and she often has nightmares about her mother's death. I know she doesn't scream anymore."

"What exactly happened to her mother?" Lucius asked

"…They were kidnapped and tortured by Death Eaters." Severus said quietly. Lucius stiffened. "They were the same people who tortured that Longbottom's…" he finished even quieter.

"You mean Bellatrix?" Narcissa gasped, Severus gave a nod. "We never heard about anything from her after the Longbottom attack. What was her mother's name?"

"…Flare Ignis." He said

"But she was married to-"

"I know, they were both part of the Order of the Phoenix. But I couldn't leave Midnight on her own, Flare was my best friend at Hogwarts, I wasn't about to leave her daughter to fend for herself, no matter what sides we were on." Severus stated. Narcissa gave a nod.

"Do plan on raising her to be part of the Death Eaters?" Lucius asked. Severus shook his head.

"I'm letting her make her own path when it comes to that, that's another promise I made to her mother. She told me that whatever path Midnight walked, Flare would understand and be proud of her as long as she didn't become a coward, and I agree. Even she chooses to join a new Order, as long as I would fear to face her off in a dual, I'll be proud to have raised her to the best of my abilities. The path she walks is her own, even now. I don't plan on forcing her any specific way." He said sending a look towards Lucius.

"That is understandable." Narcissa said.

And little did the two children know, they would have to face each other multiple times in the future, but they also didn't know that they would always be friends and would always keep their promises.

So? Please tell me what you think guys, it always makes me happy. Also please tell me if there is anything I need to fix. Also, if someone is willing to be my beta, that would be great. I hope you guys stick with me!

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~Forever in Solitude~