Disclaimer: I forgot to put this in the first chapter. I own nothing except the OC of Morrigan. Everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling.
He stood on the balcony off his bedroom. Just watching the night sky and picking out the constellations. Orion, Ursa Major and of course Draconis. The dragon. That particular one was of importance to him. After all his only son was named after it. Draco. He was never one to show his feelings outwardly, but he was proud of the man his son was becoming. And after next year he would join his father in the ranks of the Death Eaters. Of course, Lucius Malfoy had always known that his son would follow in his footsteps. After all who was there to make it any different. From a young age he was taught about pureblood supremacy and mudblood genocide. Shown how fear created power and how power equaled respect whether it was given freely or not. Yes, Draco was his legacy. Of course he had to be otherwise the Dark Lord would kill both of them and he did not want to see his son die at the age of 17.
"We will be unstoppable" he laughed to himself.
Always so full of yourself and always wrong aren't you Lucius.
The words were not spoken out loud but rather in his head. It gave him a shock because the only one who could invade his thoughts was the Dark Lord. But this definitely was not his master. This was a female and he knew this voice.
Oh yes you know me you great arrogant prick. In fact other then one other you know me better then anyone. I have come to talk so I want you to play nice, okay?
He froze as recognition dawned on him and he watched as the figure walked across the field he had been looking out over. A brief flicker of surprise entered his mind wondering how she had managed to get passed the wards. But as soon as it had come it was gone. He should have counted himself lucky that she chose to make herself known from as far away as the field. After all with her powers she could have been sitting in his lap before he would have realized or been able to do anything about it.
Glad to know that you acknowledge that, Lucius. And I chose to give you fair warning so do not ever forget that.
"Get out of my head you bitch before I forget my manners," he sneered.
Before he knew it she had disappeared and was beside him with her wand pointed to his throat. He tried to swallow his fear but it refused to leave and his body betrayed him with a violent shudder.
"Glad to know I still have the effect on you my love. But I did tell you to play nice." He could hear the sarcasm dripping from every word.
"Wh...What is you want Priestess?"
"Oh come now Lucius. You do not have to be so formal with me. After all you have called me a great many things but very rarely Priestess. I do remember Goddess once but that was what...16 years ago. And I recall you also said Love of My Life." she replied not without something akin to nostalgia. She dropped her arm and stepped back from him then.
"And you thru that back in my face did you not?" he growled
For a moment he thought he saw regret flash across her face. But it was gone so quickly he thought he could have imagined it. Then his fears came back as he wondered why she had returned after all these years.
"Why. Are. You. Here. Morrigan?" he spit out, fear clouding his eyes and judgement.
"Don't worry my favorite little Death Eater lapdog. I have not come for my son."
"Don't you dare call him your son. He is my son. He is my legacy. The only part of you that resided in him is the soft spot he seemed to have concerning Mudbloods and I got that out of him a long time ago." Lucius Malfoy drew himself up to his full height and stared at the beautiful woman, eyes flashing as if made of chrome. Not that his height mattered for Morrigan was tall for a woman. Almost equal his height truth be told and if she drew herself up she would have seemed to tower over him.
But the woman never moved. Never stepped back and never took her eyes off him. And in an instant he regretted everything that he had said.
She didn't move or say a word but her blue eyes turned to black and he could feel the electricity of her magic fill the air. Almost involuntarily, he jumped back. How had he forgotten how bad her wretched temper was. How could he have forgotten what pissing her off meant.
"I...I... Please Morrigan. Narcissa is just inside in bed."
"DO YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT NARCISSA BLACK!"
"And Draco is just down the hall." he whispered.
That did it. It was almost unnerving how the anger drained out of her so fast. The air stilled and her face dropped. Her eyes had returned to blue but there was something wrong. Lucius was surprised to see tears shining in her eyes . She turned away from him to look up to the heavens.
She gave a soft laugh that held no mirth. "Draconis. Of course that's the only one I can see. Anytime I look to the sky. Anywhere that I am in the world. It's the first and only one I can see. And every time I see it, I lose a piece of my soul."
That's when Lucius saw her. Not the wine haired, blue eyed beauty who stole his heart only to break it 16 years ago. Not the woman who had never loved him. Not the woman who used him for her own purposes. But instead he saw a mother. A mother who for 16 yrs had dreamt of her son every night. Had missed his first smile, first laugh, first day of school. And in that moment he felt sorry for her.
"I'm sorry Morrigan. I know it must have been hard on you"
She came round to face him again. He really did look sorry but she knew deep down that it was not a real emotion for him. Lucius Malfoy, Senior Death Eater, Right Hand Man to the most evil piece of shit on this plane of existence, did not have real feelings. Which was why she had used him as she had. Draco had not been part of the deal but he was a most welcome one. Giving him up to this ...man for lack of a better word, was the hardest thing she had ever done. But she had done it to save her son's life as well as the life of some just as precious to her.
"Why Lucius. If I didn't know better I would say you're getting soft in your old age. But then again I was watching the initiation ceremony last night so I know that's not the truth"
His eyes tightened in anger and he took a step forward. "What is it that you want Priestess?"
Not backing up an inch and hardening her face and heart she told him. " I have come to fulfil my prophecy and to watch Tom Riddle die once and for all."
"DO NOT CALL MY LORD BY THAT NAME."
"Oh really Lucius. Don't you see the hypocritical crap that he hides behind. His father was a Muggle. He isn't a pureblood. He. Is. Not. A. Pureblood." she reminded him. Morrigan was not afraid of the so called "most evil wizard born". She was a Pureblood Celtic Priestess and not even Tom Riddle could harm her to any great extent.
"He is Salazar Slytherin's heir." he said but without the conviction of his last statement.
"Yeah, yeah I know all about it."
"Why else are you here, Morrigan?" he repeated. "I know you could have watched from the sidelines until the time came to face your fate."
"Well actually my dear boot licking minion. I also came to tell you that I have accepted the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor at Hogwarts." her face was straight but inside she was laughing her ass off.
However the look that came over his face was enough to cause her to laugh out loud. Yes this was going to be most enjoyable.
"You can't...I won't... you won't..." he stammered incoherently. Then he was quiet and a maniacal gleam came into his eyes.
"You can't reveal yourself to him. That is part of our oath. You have to abide by it."
"You are right to some extent Luc...I can't reveal myself to him. Unless..."
And it was then that Lucius Malfoy realized that this woman before him had not been sorted into Slytherin because her favorite color was green.
"Unless what you tiresome creature from Hell"
Eyebrows raised and with a smirk that caused him great nervousness, she explained it to him.
" In our oath, when you forced me to give up my son to you, I swore that I would never reveal myself to him on purpose. But if for say he started to put 2 and 2 together and asked me about my past, I can't lie to him. If he notices that we have a connection or he starts to hear my thoughts or read my heart or if he notices things about his magic that mirror mine and he asks I can't lie to him. The longer he is near me the more he will begin his coming of age for a Celtic Priest. The more he'll be curious. So you see Lucius, no matter how hard you have tried to make him your son and ingrain in him that pureblood crap that Tom Riddle has been spouting for too long it was all for naught. Draco is my son and he will know it. He was a week old when I left but my Celtic blood carries the memories and knowledge of generations and he will remember soon enough."
"Now I must take my leave my dim-witted Death Eater piece of crap. I must get ready for next week. And don't think of refusing Draco his schooling or transferring schools because I will come for him. And even if you try to poison his mind against me before he comes back it will not work. He will feel the connection and it will be instinct to find out what it is," she threatened.
This caught Lucius off guard because each of those scenarios was running thru his mind. But he turned to her nonetheless with a small smile.
"Don't worry Mor...Priestess. Draco will be at school. For how else is he going to see you for what you are... a vicious life sucking bitch from which there is no escape."
Her laughter rang out over the summer's warm air and he started in surprise.
"Lucius ...My, my your class and nobility do leave you at the oddest moments don't they."
At that moment, Narcissa Malfoy stepped out onto the balcony and all the blood drained from her face. "Morrigan Badb..." she whispered.
"Hello Narcissa. Why, you look like you have seen a ghost." Morrigan smirked with anger erupting in her eyes.
Lucius could see if he did not intervene and ask Morrigan to be on her way that blood would spill and it wouldn't be from the Celt.
"Morrigan was just leaving Narcissa. And I have reminded her of her oath so Draco is safe". He conveniently left out the other parts to spare his wife any more shock or worry.
"Yes I am going now. But remember my words Lucius. And remember your oaths. As I will remember mine."
With that Morrigan vanished leaving the Malfoys in shock and denial. Narcissa fell to her knees and gasped. "She's going to take him away isn't she. She's going to take our son and when he learns what you did and how I helped you do it...he'll never forgive us. He'll hate us..."
Lucius wanted to tell her that would never happen. That it would be alright and he would do all in his power to ensure Draco never knew the truth. But he couldn't even believe the lies himself. So instead he wrapped his arms around his wife and helped her back into bed. Knowing that soon all of their lives would be changed and most assuredly not for the better.
"a vicious life sucking bitch...etc. this quote is from the great movie Armageddon starring Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis. It is my favorite line in a movie of all time