In this chapter there will be indication of past abuse, nothing much, and it is not detailed in anyway, just something you can assume.

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When Narcissa awoke the next morning, Draco was snuggled into her chest still asleep. Lucius had his arms wrapped around her from behind, and she moved closer to him sleepily. When he noticed his wife was awake, the man kissed her shoulder and pulled her close.

"Good morning beautiful, slept well?" Narcissa turned around to face him and nodded. The night before she had taken a few drops of the dreamless sleep potion she kept in her drawer. She wasn't allowed to take much of it due to her bad reaction at it a few years ago, but she would need the energy today.

Lucius smiled and kissed her forehead before lifting the small boy onto his chest who was awoken by his parents' talking. Draco babbled something and both Lucius and Narcissa chuckled softly. "You're one adorable little boy Draco…" Narcissa said softly, stroking the short blond hair of the child.

She sat up and stretched arms yawning. "I'll take Draco with me to Hogwarts, I don't want the elves looking after him the whole day. What time are you leaving dear?" The woman looked at Lucius who smiled at her. "Two o'clock, but I won't be home until eight pm, sorry love."

Narcissa nodded softly "It's not your fault, it's important you maintain our status, especially now. It's okay love" She smiled, but they both knew it was just a lie. Lucius knew it too, but decided not to comment on it further for her sake. Instead he sat up as well and placed Draco on her lap so he could hug Narcissa from behind and kiss her hair.

"I love you so much Cissa."

She closed her eyes and leaned back against his warm chest, Draco crawled on top her stomach and Narcissa held him protectively. She smiled softly and turned her head to Lucius.

"I love you too, so much."

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Five before after it was eleven o'clock Narcissa Malfoy apparated to the Hogwarts grounds with her son. A carriage was already waiting for her and she stepped inside, this time not paying much attention to the thestrals pulling it. Instead focusing on the little boy that was now asleep in her arms.

In front of the main entrance the carriage stopped and Narcissa saw Minerva Mcgonagall already waiting for her. She stepped out and walked towards the older woman, mask firmly in place as she looked at her coldly. "Good morning, Minerva."

Minerva smiled coldly "Good morning Narcissa. Follow me." She walked through the castle with a quick pace and Narcissa followed her before both women stopped in front of a large door. The older of the two opened it and lead Narcissa inside. "This is the staffroom."

The staffroom existed out of one large room, in the middle a table surrounded by 27 chairs. There was a small table with two plates filled with sandwiches on it, together with a small bowl of babyfood. "I figured you wouldn't have lunched yet, there's something for Draco as well." Minerva said while taking one of the plates and sitting down in her usual chair.

Narcissa did the same with a small flick of her wand as she could not carry both a plate and Draco. "Thank you, Minerva." She sat Draco down on her lap and woke him up carefully. "Hey baby, are you hungry?" She smiled warmly at the little boy and kissed his forehead as he yawned quietly.

Minerva looked at the young woman curiously as she interacted with her son, noticing how her feautures softened, and how she had a real smile on her face, not the forced, cold one she had seen last day, or when she was a student at the school. Narcissa almost looked like a different person.

After Draco had eaten everything, it wasn't long before the boy fell asleep in his mother's arms once more. Narcissa quickly transfigured a nearby chair into a crib and conjured a pillow and a small blanket for her son before laying him down. She kissed his forehead and sat down again.

When Narcissa noticed Minerva's almost shocked expression, she looked a bit confused at the older woman. "What is wrong? I will change it back when I go home again."

But Minevra shook her head softly "That's not it, you're just a lot different, when you're talking to Draco." She smiled softly at the blonde. Narcissa nodded slightly and shrugged "I assume so, he's my son."

Minerva smiled "You're one complicated woman aren't you? Anyway, about the teaching.

The first lesson is the most important, the students will base their opinions on that. Make sure it goes well, and that you have them under control. After that you will have earned their respect usually, or not according to how it went.

All teachers are given a list of student names, after their name comes their house, and any special things you may need. For example, if a student's parent has been killed by a specific curse, you will know and might want to talk to said student before class starts."

Narcissa nodded as sign she understood and Minerva continued.

"But the same goes for you. As defence against the dark arts teacher you might have to teach about curses or creatures that are in some sort of way triggering. Though you can't skip the lessons, it is wise to handle it carefully, let the students know what they can and can not say, and you can always talk to myself or Albus.

Since you will most likely also become the head of Slytherin house as I understand, it is your job to, in a way, take care of the Slytherin students. If you notice they're being bullied, or get bad grades, or if you find out something in their homelife might be wrong, you have to talk to them about it.

Make sure the students of your house trust you, as you very well know they live here for the biggest part of the year, and you are the most important adult they have in this school. Being their head of house also includes giving them sexual education during third year, how you do this is all up to you of course, as long as you handle the most important points.

This includes the obvious points, but also sexuality, and sexual abuse. If you notice a student being troubled with the latter, approach it carefully to the student in private. And the same goes for you again," She paused for a little before continuing. "If you have trouble talking about the subject, you can always ask someone else to do it for you. Do you understand?"

Narcissa had paled a little during her talk but nodded "I understand." The older woman looked at her with the slightest hint of worry on her face.

"Are you okay, Narcissa?" The blonde noticed she sounded actually worried now and nodded quickly. She was starting to think it had been a mistake, taking a teachingjob at Hogwarts. She was supposed to teach students about sexual abuse. But Minerva had also said someone else could do it for her, but that would mean explaining why she couldn't. Right?

She closed her eyes for a short while to compose herself and looked at Minerva. "I'm fine. Honestly." Minerva wanted to ask further, but the look in the blonde's eyes was enough to stop her from doing so, she did not want to upset Narcissa.

"Alright then… Are there any creatures you may have trouble handling? It might be wise to practice doing so with me or another teacher, if possible of course. I'm sure all of us are more than willing to help."

Narcissa hesitated and blushed a little before answering. "I've never been able to handle boggarts. I'm sure all the others are just fine." She was quite embarrassed to admit it, but her boggart completely shut her down. Narcissa remembered the earlier times she had to face one, which all resulted in her freezing and not being able to do anything but cry, and a talk to her parents.

She shivered and Minerva looked at her surprised "A boggart? From what I've heard, they're the easier once to deal with aren't they? Sorry if I'm wrong of course. We can work on it."

The blonde nodded softly "It depends on the fear. For most it's something like spiders, things easy to make something funny of, and not scary enough to shut you down. If the fear is worse, or you're not able to make it into a funny thing, it's almost impossible to fight it off.

But yes, because most people fear things like spiders, or in the worst case their loved ones dying, it is one of the most easy creatures to fight, especially when you're young. My boggart just happens to change into something I can't handle." It felt weird, explaining herself to another person that was not Lucius or her sister. But something about Minerva was, in a way, almost comforting.

Minerva nodded softly and hesitatingly placed her right hand on the younger one's knee. "We'll try it, unless you want to practice with another teacher, of course." Narcissa shook her head, if anyone, Minerva should be there. "There's a boggart in a closet near the dungeons, if you want to, we can look at it now?"

The blonde woman nodded hesitatingly, casting a quick tempus-charm to see it was only 12. "That, would be alright." She had stopped trying to put her mask back on, Minerva didn't seem to mind her signs of weakness. Or she was even a better actress than Narcissa herself.

Minerva smiled softly and stood up, waving her wand to disappear the now empty plates. Narcissa picked up Draco and transfigured the crib back into the chair it had been. She held her son protectively against her chest, the other woman smiled at the sight and opened the door. "Follow me Narcissa."

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Minutes later both woman entered a room in the dungeons, it only contained a table with two chairs, and a big closet. Narcissa placed a still sleeping Draco on the table and casted a silencing charm around the sleeping boy so he wouldn't wake.

In the main time Minerva had walked towards the closet, and Narcissa held her wand steadily in her right hand. She tried her hardest to prepare herself for the boggart, but no matter how many times she thought about it, she wasn't able to make it into something funny.

"Don't worry, it's not much but I'm right here if it goes wrong okay? Are you ready?" The older woman too had her wand ready, and Narcissa nodded.

"I guess so." As ready as she'd ever be was more like it, but she couldn't just not try.

The closet was opened, and immediately Cygnus Black stepped out of it. He glared at the woman in front of him who immediately froze in fear, her wand clattered on the ground. She stepped back until she was standing against the wall of the room, crying softly as the man came closer.

"Come here Narcissa. Don't you dare walk away from me like the coward you are!" He slapped her across her face and the blonde winced. The boggart raised his hand again, but Minerva jumped in front of the young woman and it was forced to change into something else.

Narcissa didn't register Minerva putting the boggart back into the closet until the woman sat her down on a chair carefully. She was shaking and could not seem to stop crying.

Minerva looked at her worriedly hugged the young woman, who gasped and pulled away in fear, big silver-blue eyes filled with tears looking at Minerva. "I'm sorry.. Should I get Lucius?" She was very worried now and Narcissa nodded shakingly.

"Please.. I'm sorry…" But Minerva shook her head before sending a patronus to the woman's husband.

"Don't be sorry! But who was that man?.." She was worried, but Narcissa paled and shook her head quickly.

"No one. Not important." It came out colder than she had intended, but Minerva didn't mind for now. She nodded softly and not even two minutes later Lucius Malfoy appeared in the fireplace. His eyes were filled with worry and he walked slowly towards Narcissa.

"Love, it's me… Come here sweetheart" He didn't pay attention to Minerva, instead carefully pulling his wife into a hug. She tensed at first and the older woman saw her hand reaching out for Lucius' long hair.

The man held her close and stroked her hair slowly, whispering comforting words into her ear until the woman stopped crying. "What happened my love?" His voice was worried and he sat down in the chairs, lifting Narcissa into his lap.

She instantly curled up in his embrace and said softly "Boggart.. him." And Lucius understood. He kissed her hair and she snuggled against his chest.

"It's okay darling, you're completely safe…" He knew it wasn't all true, he knew Cygnus Black was still very much alive, still visiting her, and there was not much either of them could do about it. She nodded softly, not convinced but she knew Lucius would at least be there for her, protect her.

It took him ten more minutes before she sat up, not as scared anymore, and looked at Minerva. "I'm sorry Minerva.. I shouldn't have tried it." But the woman didn't want to hear her apologies.

"Don't be sorry Narcissa, it's okay. We'll figure something out later okay? You should go home now." She smiled softly as Narcissa and Lucius stood up. The man took Draco in his arms and kissed his forehead before wrapping an arm around his wife.

He smiled and lead her to the fireplace "Thank you for calling me, miss Mcgonagall, we appreciate it." And flooed away, back to the manor.

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Almost twice as long as last chapter haha, I hope you like it!