Name: Take A Stand
Fandom: Harry Potter
Summery: In 1991, Lilly, Harry, and Aaron Potter disappeared after an attack by he-who-must-not-be-named. While it wasn't certain, who, had defeated the darkest wizard magical Britain had ever seen, most people were relieved that he was gone from the world and finally, things would go back to normal. In 1995, another magical family was attacked by the last of you-know-who's followers, leaving the children to suffer at the hands of fate. It would be these children who change the course of everything. Being smiled upon by fate, these children would come to realize, is the worst curse you can receive.
Rating: M for mature.
Warnings: Slash, Profanity, Adult Situations, Adult Themes, Violence, Racism, Character Deaths, Alternate Reality, Out Of Character, Original Characters, the authoress.
Pairings:
-Lucius Malfoy x Narcissa Malfoy
-Severus Snape x Lilly Potter
-Draco Malfoy x Harry Potter
-Kaito Malfoy (OMC) x Aaron Potter (OMC)
-Fred Weasley x Yume Malfoy (OFC) x George Weasley
-Percy Weasley x Tuesdai Lee McDermitt (OFC)
-Blaise Zabini x Hermione Granger
-Ron Weasley x Laura Croft (OFC)
-Neville Longbottom x Hannah Abbott
-Bill Weasley x Fleur Delacour
(All Currently planned, some maybe changed, others may be added.)
Word Count:
-For Chapter one: 3,501, minus authoress's note and other info.
-For all current written chapters: 22,948. Currently five chapters written.
Author's Note: Um. Hello all. This isn't my first fan fiction, but it is my first fan fiction about Harry Potter. Well, the first one I've ever published. This is an AU, so any complaints you have for the story, if they're not grounded with solid reasoning and communicated properly, will be promptly ignored. Just a fair warning for the haters. Also, I feel the need to remind people that this is Fan Fiction and in saying that, anything I write is for pure fun and really, nothing else. Reviews would be greatly enjoyed but are not required. I do not write for you, dear readers, but for myself. Any reviews I do receive, I will do my best to answer. As for the updates for this story. I currently have up to chapter five written, and I'll try to update once a week after I've posted my current five chapters.
Also, I am looking for a Beta Reader. Anyone who is willing to try and sort out my thoughts and horrible spelling (thank God for spellcheck) is welcomed to message me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. That belongs to J.K. Rowling, and I have no wish to take her glory, but to simply have fun with the world she created. However, Yume, Kaito, Akira, and Daniel Mikazuki-Williams are mine, as well plenty of other characters throughout this story. Please do not use them without my permission.
Chapter One:
When They Come for Me.
Date: July 20th, 1995.
Location: 346 Hathrow Lane,
London, England.
In the borough of Ealing.
The wind whistled through the broken window, the rain slowly drifting in and soaking the carpet and the small loveseat under what was the window. At the edge of the shattered glass was a small girl. Her hands worked her small blue nightgown into a knot. Her skin was a golden brown from the amount of time she spent outside. Her long black hair was free from the usual braid her mother put it in before bed, letting the small gusts of air blow through it. Her large blue eyes watched the glass reflect the lighting as it crashed some miles away. She shuddered when the thunder followed closely.
"Mama?"She whispered horsely, her fingers tightening on her nightgown.
The lighting flashed again, illuminating the motionless figures in the middle of the shattered glass. Once the light faded, their black shapes were hard to pick out from the broken coffee table and the over turned telly. But her blue eyes still rested on the places where she saw the pools of blood forming. A small sob was caught in her throat as the tears began to build up in her blue eyes.
"Nee-san?"A small boy peeked behind the corner of the hallway and the girl quickly turned her head, the tears falling with the force. His equally large green eyes studied her for a moment, before stepping foreword the smallest amount. His black hair was ruffled from sleep as he brought a slightly chubby hand to wipe away the sleep that clung to his eyes. His red pajama's fell past his feet, their mother saying that he would grow into them.
Quickly the girl wiped her tears away and hoped her voice wouldn't crack. "Kai-chan, there's broken glass out here. You go back to your room, while I clean it up, okay?"
The boy nodded, "Where's mama?"
The girl stalled, fresh tears making her eyes burn and made her have a quick glace towards the inky blackness where she knew where her parents bodies lay. She couldn't stop the crack in her voice. "I dunno. In bed still, I suppose. Now hurry up and go back to your room. Don't want you gettin' in trouble, okay?"
Her brother nodded, slinking back towards his bedroom. The girl waited until she heard the quiet click of her brother's door before turning back to the darkness. Lighting flashed once more and the girl took a breath when she saw her father's green eyes looking back at her. They were glassy, soulless and showed none of the warmth that he usually showed. The girl looked down as the first tears fell. She took a tentative step into the glass, her tears falling freely.
She slowly walked towards her father, wincing when her foot was cut on piece of glass. When she finally reached the man, she bent down and placed a gentle hand on his now cold shoulder.
"Papa?" She whispered.
He was shirtless, only wearing his grey pajama bottoms like usual. His skin felt cold and the girl shuddered when she placed her hands on him. She gave him a little shake, only from her to squeak when he rolled over on to his back with a thump. The outside lamps gave a small glimpse to large gash on his sides, with another slash across his chest that lazily bled. The girl jumped up, horror etched into her face.
Where was her smiling father? The one who picked her up, hours ago, tickling her. The one she requested to read her a third bed time story. The one who said he could never refuse his beloved daughter, especially when she made that face. The father that she helped Kaito make macaroni cards for fathers day? The girl held in her sob, fearful for alerting her brother.
Less carefully now, she rushed to her mother's side, barely noticing when the bottoms of her feet were sliced by the glass and she was tracking blood on her mother's white carpet. She did however, hiss when she slammed down on her knees causing her small knees to be cut. Her mother's dark hair was framed around her as some sort of dark halo. Her pale skin glowed in the night, her flimsy nighty made her seem more fragile. Her dark eyes seemed cold, and it shook the girl to the core, since she had never seen her mother's eyes so dull. There was always a fire in her mother's eyes.
Her mother was a strong person, quiet but strong. She held her head high when she spoke about her family, about her children, about her magic. She was gentle with her children but with no one else, not even her husband. Her father always said it it was the most attractive feature about her mother, was the fact she back down to no one. Not even him. Yume didn't know who this person was, laying there with her dull eyes and oddly shaped neck, but it wasn't her mother.
So when she heard the sirens wail, the red and blue lights disrupting the lighting flashes and the gloom of the lamp posts outside. She got up, tear tracks lining her face, but she held her head high like her mother. She stepped on the broken glass, no longer charing when it cut her feet or her mother's white carpet.
Date: December 18th, 1996.
Location: Malfoy Manor
Wiltshire, England.
Lucius watched his boys play in the back courtyard under the watch of him and his wife. Carefully he wrapped a strong arm around his wife, relishing her warmth and how she melted into him like the snow flakes that melted to the ground. The children had been ecstatic once they learned that snow would be falling, for they all feared a green Christmas.
Draco had his all of his father's traits, but from the snowball fight earlier his usually slicked back blond hair was ruffled and sprayed out from the loss of his rabbit fur hat. The six year old beamed when they finally managed to place the middle of the snowman on the large lower half.
Which brought them to their next two children. Yume and Kaito belonged to Lucius's childhood friend, Akira Mikazuki. They had met at Malfoy manor when they were both young children at the age of ten. While they're parents hoped that they would wed, both only saw fit to remain friends. Akira was a powerful witch, skilled in many ways. Most of all, windless magic. Her family had come from the far east and in the east they did not use wands at all. That fact always seemed to bring giggles to Akira. Although Lucius could not remember the last time he had heard his beloved friend giggle. She had stopped at the end of second year when she focused more on her studies then anything else. How she had even met her husband, Daniel Williams, a muggle born wizard who had been a Hufflepuff will always be a mystery to the Malfoy's. However, since their death over a year ago, the Malfoy's promised to raise and protect their friend's children. Who would have thought the Malfoy's raised half-bloods?
It had been a struggle to get the siblings. The muggle police found them before the aurors and took them away to a foster care system before the aurors could track them. It had taken almost four months after their parents death did Lucius and Narcissa finally found them in a small church orphanage. Narcissa was Kaito's godmother, while Yume was Lucius's goddaughter. What the Malfoy's were thankful of is that Draco and Kaito would be too young to remember the death of the Mikazuki's. Kaito had even begin to call Lucius and Narcissa 'mum' and 'dad'.
Four months ago, they had taken the next step and blood adopting the two children, making them Malfoy's through and through. Lucius made the proper arrangements to write them both into his wills, along with Narcissa's. However, to their surprise the two children showed up on their family tree. They had it explain to them by the Goblins in Gringotts that since both children were under the age of ten, it almost replaced their actual blood relatives. In fact, with Kaito, he was a full bloodied Malfoy, technically. Yume was partially, being more Mikazuki then Malfoy. Although the goblins had been confused by this but reasoned it was because of the girls very powerful magic and memories of her parents.
Kaito was grinning happily, already starting on the head of the snowman. His inky hair had slowly began to lighten since the adoption, and now it was a straw colored. His own green eyes lightened considerably but they were still dark compared to the rest of his siblings. However, his skin remained an olive color toned, nothing at all like the Malfoy creamy pale skin. He and Draco were practically twins, being the same age. Although Kaito was younger by two months, his birthday being in September. He was also slightly taller then Draco, but Draco was a little more bigger.
While all of the children exhibited strong accidental magic, Kaito seemed to pick up his parents talents in transfiguration and windless magic. He always always changing his toys into something else for him and Draco to use in their pranks. While the Malfoy's were a little worried that this would cause jealousy between the two boys, they didn't discourage Kaito in his use of the windless magic.
A small cough brought both of the Malfoy's to turn and look at the door way of the family room where they had all been admiring the tree and the presents under it. Yume stood in the door way, her inky black hair matted in some places and ruffled in others. Her normal olive skin was discolored, making her far paler then usual. Deep bags under her deep blue eyes showed the depths of her restlessness and sickness. Her pajama were loose, sizes too big for her but they had been a gift from one of her muggle friends. She refused to have them changed. The deep blue fitted her. She held the blanket closer to her shoulders.
Narcissa quickly left Lucius's side and knelt down in front of her eldest daughter. Yume still hasn't called them mother or father yet, and they honestly didn't think the girl would ever. She had shown intelligence far beyond her years, and always studied people with her dark blue eyes. Lucius sometimes found it difficult to look at his adopted daughter. She reminded him so much of the friend he lost it hurt sometimes. And Yume was truly her mother's daughter. There wasn't a day where the Malfoy's couldn't find her tucked up in the second floor library picking up books to read out in the sunlight. While she never really played with her siblings, she would often watch from a difference, her nose buried in large tome. She was also magically, very strong. She seemed to ooze power and had a very tight control on it. While they attempted once to get her a practice wand for her, they found that she would never be able to wield a wand. Her magic was too strong and usually crushed any wand she tried. She had later told them that her mother was suppose to give her something when she turned seven. When they went through Mikazuki's processions did they find a small dark blue tear drop shaped pendent and another similar dark green with small etchings of gold for Kaito.
Lucius at that point remembered that the key to Akira's windless magic and the base of eastern magic as the pendents they used. Akira's own had been a deep black and she kept it hidden, and once she got married it was her wedding ring. They figured that the dark blue was for Yume and the green was for Kaito. Once they had given the pendent to Yume, she had an even tighter grip on her magic and was practicing most first years spells, despite the fact she was only nine years old.
While she was very strong magically, her true passion laid with dancing. The oldest of the Malfoy children was dancer, taking lessons in the muggle town that the Malfoy manor was close too. While at first the older Malfoy's had pleaded with the girl to consider any magical dancing instructor, she had been stubborn, saying that she had friends with in the muggle dance class. The older Malfoy's relented and found themselves making friends with some of the other parents in the dance class, much to their horror.
Narcissa placed a hand on her daughters forehead. While the Malfoy's were cold in public, at home both of the older Malfoy's loved to spoil and love each of their children to pieces, Yume being the only one who wasn't spoiled rotten. Narcissa cooed, "My poor dear, your burning up! Why aren't you in bed?"
Yume's eyes glanced at Lucius's own before back to Narcissa's. "I had a nightmare."She croaked.
Narcissa turned to her husband, worry etched on her face. "Was it about..?"
Yume nodded. "Death eaters came to our house that night. One of them was named Pettigrew. The others didn't like him as much." Yume had whispered the last part out, her hands reaching up and playing with her pendent.
Both Lucius and Narcissa sucked in a breath and gave each other shocked looks. Narcissa brought Yume into her a tight embrace, surprising when Yume didn't flinch away from it. Lucius turned and looked at the younger children playing happily in the yard. He knelt besides Yume and placed a hand on her small shoulder. Yume reached up and wrapped her arms around Narcissa's shoulders, surprising them both.
"Are.." Yume whispered, gripping Narcissa's shoulders tighter as her blanket fell off her own shoulders. She swallowed thickly, holding back tears as she spoke. "Are you still following...him, father?"
Narcissa's looked at Lucius, shock clear on her face and Lucius was sure that his own face was mirroring hers. Silently, he cursed Akira for producing such a bright child, but at the same time, he wondered how she knew. In truth, he had stopped following The Dark Lord once Draco was born, fearing for his newborn son. Akira had never liked the fact that he followed a "raving mad man." and refused to even speak to him until after Draco was born. Lucius made the motion of handing Yume over and Narcissa nodded before shifting their daughter into his arms.
Her quiet sobs were almost physically painful for him and he gave a kind smile to the little girl in his arms. He wiped some of the tears off of her cheeks before speaking, "No, sweetheart. I stop following him months after Dray was born. Your mother was right to refuse him, especially for the sake of your father."
"Do you hate me and Kai for being a half-bloods?" Yume whimpered, trying to wipe her own tears away.
Narcissa spoke up at this point, running her hands through Yume's dark hair. She cooed again. "No, no, no sweetie. We could never hate you. While we were all very distraught when your mother and father died, we were over joyed when we found out that you both would become part of our family. We love you, don't we Lucius?"
Lucius nodded, hugging the girl in his arms. She tensed for a moment before letting out a small whimper before relaxing fully in his arms. Narcissa felt her forehead and hissed at the warmth she felt there. She took her daughter from Lucius, rocking her a little and calling for a house-elf to fetch her some more blankets and fever-reducing potion. Lucius chuckled at his wife's antics, turning back around to watch their younger children play out in the snow. In the back of his mind, he felt a tickle. Lucius frowned, turning towards where the entrance hall would be. He had felt someone breech the wards but yet.. this person felt familiar. However, when a shrill scream from his wife had him gripping his wand and pointing towards the opening of their family room. Quickly, Lucius popped open the door to the back court yard and calling out to the boys ushering them inside.
"Daddie? What's going on?" Draco asked, a ghost of a smile on his face. Lucius hushed him, bending down and gathering both of them in his arms, whispering a protective shield spell for them. Once they saw the seriousness in their father's eyes, they stood still at attention, fear gripping their young bodies.
"I want you two to stay in here. Call for some houses elves if you get in trouble. Strength in numbers, remember that."
Kaito seemed panic, remembering his biological sister. "What about-"
"She's with your mother. Stay here and stay quiet." Lucius growled out, before turning and heading out of the door way and on to the main entry where he was sure the scream came from. Sticking to the shadows, Lucius let his body return to the days of being a death eater. It wasn't before long did he slinked along the shadows until he reached the main entry and saw Narcissa holding Yume in a protective hold, and Yume's head was twisted to see what her mother was looking at.
With grace, Lucius turned and pointed his wand at however was causing panic in his house. He was surprised when he saw Severus. For a fraction of a second, Lucius lowered his wand and looked at the thought-to-be-dead-man with shock.
Lucius, Akira, and Severus were the best of friends back in their hay day of Hogwarts. Lucius and Severus often relied on the talents of their Ravenclaw friend and admired for her fierce beauty. Akira had kept both men on their toes with random duels and often placing strong curses and hexes on them. It was a great challenge to both of them, and they all enjoyed each other companies. However, when at the end of seventh year, when both Lucius and Severus joined the ranks of death eaters, Akira fell in love with the muggle-born Hufflepuff. Daniel Williams were two years younger then their little unnamed group, but both Akira and Daniel fell into a deep love. So when Akira had found out that her two best friends were part of The Dark Lord's army, their fall out was packed with highly explosive spells and harsh words from the young witch. While Lucius took the fall out with grace and pride of a true Malfoy heir, Severus took it harsher and a year after their falling out, seemingly disappeared.
But as Lucius looked at the man, realized that was no longer the case. Severus hair was still as greasy as ever, giving a tell to the older blond wizard that his friend still liked potions. But it was pulled back into a loose pony tail at the base of his neck with a black ribbon. His skin didn't seem as oily as he remembered, and a little darker, like Sev had actually gone out in the sun. His robes were still as dark as ever, and were the perfect mix of loose enough to conceal things but tight enough to allow freedom of movement. However, his style seemed to change to a little more mugglish, as his dark blue jeans were anything to go by. Lucius gave a mental shudder as he suddenly realized that he knew what muggle blue jeans were. Damn children.
"Severus. I thought you were dead." Lucius spoke in a slightly cold matter.
Severus's dark eyes swiveled on his own light grey ones. A tiny smirk flashed on his face before it returned to his neutral state. "Yes, a lot of people think I'm dead. I don't know if I like it that way."
Lucius's eyes focused on movement behind Severus and he had to blink more then a few times to realize just who was behind his old friend. Lilly Potter stood behind Severus with a proud look in her eye, despite the small tremble in her hands. Damn Gryffindors. Her scarlet hair was pulled into a loose up doo, making some strands of hair frame her face and lace her pale neck. She seemed tired, and dirty with the amount of grunge that was left on her from seemingly months of travel. Her robes were plain, nothing really special about the deep forest green except for the fact that they made her eyes look deeper in color. However, what surprised Lucius the most was the fact that two small boys were holding each of her hands, their twin deep green eyes looking up at him with only fear.
"Lucius Malfoy." Lilly Potter started, no fear in her voice despite some being behind her eyes, "We've come to ask you for sanctuary."