The Age of Innocence is Just Beginning

By Phoebe Halliwell

Okay, I wanted to do a sequel for this, I loved it so much, so to clarify, Darius and Callie are twenty two, Samantha is nineteen and Timothy is seventeen. Harry and Draco are therefore thirty nine.

Chapter one

You are invited to the bonding ceremony of Darius Potter-Malfoy and Susan Peter's to be held at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on the 25th of December with a feast in the great hall to honour the couple.

"Draco look, they've set a date, isn't that fantastic?" Harry said as he strolled happily into the kitchen and handed his husband the invitation he had just received via owl. "It's just a shame that Callie will have to miss it."

"I'm sure she would come home for her brothers wedding, France isn't on the other side of the world, she can be back in a few hours if needs be, why not send her an owl, it would be nice to see her again, she's been travelling for four months now." Draco said scanning the invitation himself.

"What's that?" Samantha asked as she came into the kitchen carrying an eight month old baby on her hip, this was Piper Marie Potter-Malfoy, her daughter. Harry and Draco's first grandchild, the result of a nasty relationship that had ended badly for both Samantha and the guy in question, especially after Harry had heard of what he had done, they still hadn't found him and as far as Harry was concerned they had given up looking.

"An invitation to Darius' wedding, he proposed to Sue, we were just discussing whether Callie would be coming home for the ceremony." Harry said as Samantha handed Piper to him.

"That's great, I'm off out, watch Piper for me."

"Sam, where are you going?" Harry asked, "Can't you take Piper with you, Draco and I have plans." Harry said as the young child grabbed the collar of his shirt.

"I cannot take her with me, she'll only get in the way" Samantha complained.

"She is your daughter Sammy, she is your responsibility, Harry and I have plans so you are going to have to look after her for the day." Draco said as Harry handed Piper back to her mother.

"But Joe and I are meant to be going to the cinema together, she can't come along." Samantha complained, "Can't you cancel your plans?"

"I'm sorry Sammy but we can't, you'll have to rearrange with Joe, I'm willing to have him round here if you like, we'll all be out so you will have the place to yourself." Draco said, "You're a mother know it's time you started acting like one."

"That's rich coming from you, the guy who took off for two years after Darius and Callie were born." Samantha snapped putting Piper in her highchair. "Your not even my real father, it doesn't take a genius to figure it out, I'm nothing like you."

"That's not fair Sam, Draco has always been there for you and he's here now, you were not ready for Piper and that is your fault, you were too young."

"You hypocrite, you were seventeen when you have Darius and Callie."

"But I was able to support them, I had Draco and your grandparents to help me, I had a house of my own and was in a stable relationship, it was what I wanted, one of these days Piper is going to realise that you don't love her. Do you think that she'll thank you for that?"

"Your right I don't love her in fact I hate her, she has ruined my life, I don't want her anymore, I'm leaving and she's isn't coming with me."

"Where will you go?"

"To find my father." Samantha said and stormed out leaving Piper in her highchair crying to be picked up and cuddled. The front door slammed shut and it seemed as if the whole house shook.

"Where did we go wrong with her Draco? I know she can't be all bad but to abandon Piper, how could she do that?" Harry asked sadly.

"How did she know though, that's what I want to know, how did she know about what happened between us all those years ago?" Draco asked, "Did you tell them?"

"No, why would I do that, why would I tell them, it isn't exactly hard to find information on me and my personal life Draco, back issues of the Daily Prophet are available for everyone to read and if I remember correctly they did so love to print stories about me, don't worry about it okay."

"I'm not, I'm just worried what bringing David back into this family is going to do, Samantha has such a fiery spirit and I think that that is mainly due to him, Darius and Callie were trouble makers sure but she is in a league of her own."

"I know and that worries me, it really does, why don't we go and keep our lunch date with Severus and we can talk about this later, you never know, she could very well come home when she gets hungry."

"We can only hope and Timmy is home next week, which means father will be round some more that just gives us more problems to worry about."

"I wish that she was yours, I really do, none of the others were this much trouble, I know Callie and Darius were a handful but they never got expelled, they knew where to draw the line, but Sam, she almost killed someone for goodness sake, she was kicked out of Durmstrung."

"Not to mention she had our wonderful grandchild here, I don't know where we went wrong, I really don't." Draco said, "What happens if she finds David, what happens next?"

"It's up to her, if that is what she wants to do then let her do it but right now we will have to worry about little Piper here, she'll have to come with us to see Severus."

"I suppose, we'll just have to brace ourselves for what's to come."

At around twelve noon Harry, Draco and Piper arrived at Hogwarts castle, Timothy must have know that they were coming because he was in the entrance hall when they arrived.

"Hey dad, pa, and you brought my little niece too, yay." Timmy said taking Piper from her buggy and giving her a cuddle. "Uncle Sev said you were coming for lunch, how is everything at home?"

"Fine darling, Sammy's a bit temperamental but what else is new." Harry said giving his youngest son a hug, Draco doing the same when Harry released them. "Could you watch Piper for us, Samantha disappeared off somewhere this morning."

"Another disappearing act? She really doesn't deserve such a gorgeous little girl, sure I'll look after her over lunch, I won't leave the Great Hall."

"Thank you Timmy, we'll see you later." Draco said and he ushered Harry from the entrance hall and down into the dungeons.

Severus was waiting for them in his chambers, lunch prepared and ready to eat by the house elves; it was a selection of cold meats, bread and fruits. Severus welcomed them warmly into his rooms and asked them to take a seat.

"How are the two of you?" Severus asked, "When I last heard you were having trouble with your youngest daughter, Samantha."

"Yes and unfortunately the problem has become increasingly worse, Piper is currently upstairs with Timmy currently, she claimed that she was going to find her real father, but I worry about what that means."

"On Draco's request I have been keeping track of David, monitoring his actions, he has been cautioned a number of occasions for reckless use of magic and the last I heard he had fallen in with the wrong crowd and they weren't wizards."

"What were they?" Harry asked, as if he was hooked on the story of his past lover, as if it were a tale of great courage and adventure instead of what had become of his youngest daughters other father.

"Vampires, the same few that supported Voldemort and were never killed or caught, the ones that the Ministry of Magic were unable to obtain for long, he was bitten and turned, it would be disastrous for Samantha to go in search of him, if they saw her they would turn her on sight."

"We have to find her, we can't let her …"

"Harry, calm down," Draco said as Harry went into panic mode.

"That's easy for you to say Draco, she isn't your daughter."

"That isn't fair Harry, I helped raise her, I was there for her birth, I proposed to you when she was born, I love her as if she were my own daughter, just because I'm not her birth father doesn't mean I care for her any less."

"I'm sorry Severus; do you know where he is now?" Harry asked.

"Yes, he is in London, he is a member of a vampire organization there, he has raisin quite high there I believe, however they do not let anyone just walk in there, Samantha will not get in easily, although from what I remember she is resourceful and usually gets her own way."

"She takes after her mother in that way" Draco said teasingly.

"We have to get her back before she goes." Harry said decisively, "How would she try and track him down, where would she go first?"

"The Ministry of Magic, it has to have been."

"Then that is where we go first." Harry said standing up.

"She would have been and gone by now Harry, sit back down."

"How can you sit there and be so calm, my daughter and she's going to … I can't even say it." Harry said suddenly losing his appetite.

"No she isn't, we just have to get to him before she does, there is no use in trying to follow her footsteps as we will always be a step behind her, we know what her aim is so we get to him before she does." Severus said.

Okay, if you don't like where this is going please say and I won't keep writing it, be very honest. If you like it I'll keep writing. So leave me a review and let me know. Phoebe.