(I do not own Harry Potter)

My name is Lena Barton and I was born in November 1983. I am the daughter of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. I was unplanned and no one knew about me except for Narcissa. She hid her pregnancy by performing a charm that hid her ever-growing stomach. Narcissa was far from happy with the news but she wasn't about to do anything drastic to stop me from being born. She just decided that when it was time to give birth, she would escort herself to St. Mungo's and give birth without her husband finding out. She didn't want anyone to know because she thought having another child would upset her husband and it wasn't pretty when Lucius was angry. So for the next nine months Narcissa continued life as normal and pretended she wasn't pregnant at all, which everyone believed. Then one day she started to have pain in her stomach and she knew she was going to give birth soon. She told Lucius she had to run an errand at Diagon Alley and apparated to St. Mungo's. She checked in and was sent to a room. She was just lying down into a bed when a Healer entered her room.

"Mrs. Malfoy," said the Healer, "What a pleasure for us to see you today. My name is Dawn Phelps and I'm going to be your Healer today."

"Hello Healer Phelps," replied Narcissa, "I know this is strange, but I would like that no one but us knows about the baby. You see, I'm trying to keep it secret from my husband because I know he would be unhappy."

"Very well, Mrs. Malfoy" said Healer Phelps, "I will keep quiet, but what are you planning on doing with the baby once it's born?"

"I will be giving it to another wizarding family in hopes that the baby will grow up and live a good life," said Narcissa sadly. As much as she didn't want to admit it, she was going to miss the baby, she felt like she missed out on raising Draco because his father was so busy with picking up the pieces since Voldemort's first downfall, she didn't think he got the childhood attention and love that he needed. Narcissa Malofy might seem like a woman who doesn't care about anything but spending money and hosting parties, but she really is a compassionate human being who loves her family and her close friends.

My birth went by pretty quickly. I caused my mother only several hours of labor and was perfectly healthy. Narcissa was overjoyed when I turned out to be a girl because she wanted to dress me up in dressed and take me shopping, but then she realized she had to give me up. She started to cry with me in her arms. She looked down at me and saw my big blue-gray, a tuft of light blonde hair and felt that I was so perfect, she regretted having to give me up, but it was for my own good and her family's. She decided to name me Lena Rae because she always thought that was a beautiful name since her childhood. She had to stay in St. Mungo's for a few more days, so she told Lucius that she was staying over at a friend's house because her friend was recently divorced.

After two days in the hospital, Healer Phelps told her that she could leave with me. Narcissa Malfoy left St. Mungo's with a plan. Narcissa was really close with the Burton family, a pure-blood family who lived fairly close to Malfoy Manor. She apparated with me in her arms to the Burtons own large house. She knocked on the door, and the wife, Angelia, opened it.

"Good morning, Narcissa!" Angelia said, "Come in!"

"Thank you, Angelia," replied Narcissa, "I need you're help."

"Whatever for?"

"I just had a baby, but I can not keep her, Lucius had no idea I was pregnant and I told the Healer at St. Mungo's not to tell anyone," said Narcissa, sadly.

"But what could I do?" asked Angelia.

"I would like you to take care of her. Her name is Lena Rae and I would like you to raise her as your own daughter and love her like one too. I will send you money monthly, paying for her needs and when she turns 11, I will pay for her Hogwarts education too. Please help me."

"Of course I would love to take her in!" exclaimed Angelia, "Christopher and I can't have children, so taking in Lena will make us so happy. Would you like her to take your last name or ours?"

"Yours, of course," Narcissa answered, "and I only have one further request. I would like to visit her once a year, on her birthday, November 7. You can refer to me as an aunt but I want to see her and see how she has grown."

"Of course," replied Angelia, "You can visit her whenever, and you will be Aunty Cissy, okay?" Nacrissa nodded.

Nacrissa took one last look of her new-born daughter and handed her over to Angelia with tears in her eyes.

"Goodbye Lena," wept Nacrissa, "for now at least."

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Author's note: Sorry for this slowish start. I just needed to give some background for the rest of the story. Review please!