"I, Narcissa Black Malfoy, will promise to take care of the child of the Wedlowes, if anything were to happen to the parents of the child." His wife repeated. and Barbara did the same. The men of the group did the same process, then Lucius with Barbara, and Narcissa with Mark. They closed the meeting with some tea, and all four hoped that the Vow they've made together would never have to come to pass.
Gloria Justine Wedlowe Chapter 4
Lucius walked to the room Gloria was staying in, finding Narcissa helping her get dressed.
"Uncle Lucy!" She yelled out and ran over to him, hugging and holding on tight to one of his legs.
"Lucy?" He asked his wife, who was smiling at them.
"She's having a little trouble pronouncing your name, so I told her she could call you 'Uncle Lucy'." She answered, and he rolled his eyes, making her laugh some more.
"And how does she say your name, my dear?"
"She calls me Cissy," she teased him.
"Aunty Cissy can you tuck me in? I'm sleepy," Gloria spoke up, letting go of Lucius' leg and walking over to the bed.
"Of course sweetheart, would you like me to read you a story?" She asked, the little girl giving a toothy grin. "Yes please!"
Half an hour later, Gloria fell asleep to them reading The Tale of the Three Brothers.
Painful memories brought Naricssa to tears whenever she looked at little Gloria playing with Draco. The two children got along quite well and played together every day. Gloria was still having a little trouble with the fact of just losing her parents, but she liked Narcissa, or Cissy for short and Lucius. Their son Draco did everything he could to try and keep her happy and to keep her mind off of her parents.
Gloria was the splitting image of her mother with her father's nose, eyes, and smile. Barbara and Narcissa, while not in the same house together, were very close friends. Mark and Lucius were together in Slytherin, but Mark didn't hold the same prejudiced ideas as most of his house did.
Lucius hoped his son and Gloria would be friends when they go to Hogwarts together; He'd never seen him so happy before, having never had a friend to play with. The next morning Gloria seemed to be well rested.
"Good morning Gloria. Did you sleep well?" Asked Lucius.
"Uh huh I did Uncle Lucy," he couldn't help but laugh at the name. "Would you like some breakfast?"
"Yes please Uncle! Perry knows what I like."
"Well, then Perry may make you your breakfast, and Dobby will make ours," Lucius said. "Is Draco up, Narcissa?"
"Yes, he should be down in a few minutes," She replied.
"Good morning mother, good morning father," Draco said, coming down the stairs. "Good morning Gloria."
"Morning Dwaco," Gloria said back, her mouth full of scrambled eggs, and he laughed at her.
"Gloria, sweetie, we don't talk with our mouths full," Narcissa reprimanded lightly. "Sorry aunty."
"So Gloria, what were your parents like?" Draco asked, having forgotten what his father told him the night before. He regretted saying it as he saw the look on the girl's face. She pushed out her chair from the table, got down, and ran out of the room crying.
"Draco! What did I tell you last night?" Lucius asked, having a hard time to not get angry at his son.
"I'm sorry father! I forgot, I didn't mean to upset her,"
"Lucius, don't do anything rash, he wasn't thinking. I'll go get her and try to calm her down," Narcissa spoke quietly to her husband before going off to find the crying girl.