Chapter 4
Disclaimer I do not own Harry Potter or Percy Jackson.
P.s: This is not a crossover, once Brenna starts school you won't see Percy or Annabeth Or Grover like that, they have they're own school and things going on, if you do see them again, then it'll be because they are all on Holiday or something.
To the guest that reviewed saying "another piece of s***, unoriginal Mary Sue"….ummmm I haven't read anything like this and I've been reading fanfiction for years! This was an idea I had randomly one night and simply started writing. I accept and respect the fact that you may not like the story, but do not insult me in such a manner especially under a "guest" screen name. I welcome, polite criticism against all my work, because I am not a pro, I make mistakes but to be downright disrespectful is another thing. However I do wish someone would send me the link to another story such as this….really it'll be fascinating to see if anyone had a similar idea, I'd even PM that author to help shoot some ideas.
To AcadianProud thank you so much for your review, I freely admit my intentions was to make not just Severus more 3 dimensional in this but Draco as well. and maybe even Lucius if I can. You'll begin to see it soon I promise, I always felt that it was a good thing that he and Lily never got together, because to me she would never be able to make him truly happy and free, she'd never accept his darker nature and in the end they both would have been as bitter as the other and as for Draco, I want to explore seeing behind that famous Malfoy mask, as I'm sure so many authors have done. As we (my readers and I) explore behind it, I want them to see that Draco is still a 16 year old teenager, not only a Malfoy, a future Pureblood Lord and well the rest you'll see later.
I hope you all enjoy this chapter, I know I will.
Chapter 4
Brenna grinned as she danced with the twins, the two were so energetic and filled with happiness, she spun away from them and grinned as she seen Neville eyeing Luna shyly, she danced over to her and got her up, dancing with her before pulling Neville to her and pushing him to Luna. She grinned as Luna had him spin her happily, Brenna grinned as she stopped seeing Pansy and Blaise dance, she turned as the adults came back out, her eyes narrowed as she seen the Potters eyeing her.
"Brenna" she turned and grinned up at Draco, "may I have this dance"
"I don't want to have to harm your mother" she said, raising an eyebrow
"It amusing how you worry for my mother and not about my fiancé"
"She's your mother, I rather be polite to her than to a girl I don't know"
"She's just as vicious as my mother" he said as he spun her into his arms her arms coming up to his shoulders.
"And I'm stronger than both, you seemed so eager to not even bother with her or make an effort" she said as they spun around on the grass "I can't fathom why
"I admit I'm not fond of her" he said "I like a woman that can challenge me and still allow me to be a man, she contradicts me and mocks my masculinity" he said, Brenna laughed as he swung her
"Oh and I won't"
"Not seriously, you may be playful but I don't think you'd do it on purpose"
"No you are right I would respect you in public as my husband as I expect you to respect me as your wife" she said
"You'd be faithful"
"Well of course, if I marry you it'd be out of love not a contract so of course I'd be faithful to you" she said "what about you?"
"Even marrying her out of contract I'd be faithful, but I know she won't" he said, she frowned up at him
"How so?"
"She forgets I have spies all in that school, I'm perfectly aware she's been around during our engagement and I doubt it will change if we are to be married"
"Don't you mean when?" Draco sent her a mysterious smiled as he stopped, he leaned into her ear and whispered to her
"My father never really agreed with the contract, so of course there are a few loopholes that one wouldn't catch if they didn't know what to look for, I'm not sure if it will stand or not its up too him really" he said moving back, Brenna stopped and grinned up at him.
"Interesting, oh Draco you know that thing about respecting you if you were my husband"
"Yes"
"Well like my mother we would and do respect our husbands but we love to have fun with them" with that she pushed him into the pool, grinning devilishly as he sputtered and swam to the top. Narcissa and Astoria gasped and came over a few feet from Brenna, his father smirked
"Draco are you okay?" the blonde laughed his eye alight in amusement as he swam over to her.
"Kind cooled down now actually, thank you for that" he teased, Brenna laughed and winked at him "feel like helping me out?"
"Now Dragon do I look stupid enough to help you out" she said taking off her cover up to reveal her bikini "if you wanted me in you should have asked" she said jumping in before swimming up and laughing, splashing him. He smirked and splashed her back, before it turned into a splash war.
"Draco get out of that pool, your clothes are getting wet, we don't have our wands"
"Cool off, jeez we have a dryer and he can take some of my dad's clothes until they dry, it's water" she said splashing some on the woman glaring at her "won't hurt, unless you know you're the wicked witch of the west" she said smirking "if that's the case you should be afraid" she splashed some more "damn I was hoping you were, oh well" she said before floating on her back and eyeing her mischief yet deviousness. It was blatantly obvious Brenna like the woman as much as Narcissa liked her, the difference she wouldn't smile and make backwards ass comments like Narcissa did, no she would be straight up and very straightforward.
"Whats the wicked witch?"
"A woman who chased after an innocent young girl over a pair of magic slippers and ended up being defeated by a cowardly lion, a tinman, and a scarecrow, and a girl, no courage, no heart, no brain and a lost girl managed to melt a witch with a bucket of water beautifully twisted isn't it" she said grinning before leaning back and floating back ignoring her, Draco laughed and then he knew.
Brenna would be different but refreshing in a good way, at least for him.
The day carried on, with Draco occasionally getting dragged back to socialize with his fiancé and mother Brenna didn't seem bothered as she spoke with her cousins, the twins, Neville and Luna smirking as every time the blonde was dragged away he found his way back to her side.
"You're going to cause your fiancé to explode, I'm almost positive that shade of red is not safe" she murmured as she took a sip of her drink, Draco chuckled and let his eyes falling onto his mother and Astoria.
"It wouldn't be a lost on my part I assure you" he said gently, Brenna grinned.
"Maybe not but I'm sure her family would be distraught"
"Eh, they'll be okay" she looked at him and he huffed "fine, spoilsport" she giggled and handed him her drink, he took a sip then shaking his head, "I've been around you twice yet you've made it so easy to become so carefree"
"Really?"
"Yes, I've never seen my godfather become so open and I can't remember the last time I've been this carefree, even if it won't last"
"Because of your marriage" Brenna sighed and placed a hand on his cheek, green eyes catching his "something I've learned is sometimes you have to give up the things that seem important to others but don't make you happy for your happiness" she frowned "that came out so weird"
"It did, and I get what you mean but I have a duty to my family" he said, she nodded and said one last thing to him.
"Maybe, but you also have a duty to your heart" she stepped away from him and sent his a small smile and went to her father who looked away from his conversation with Remus and then his way before shaking his head and hugging her close.
"She's right you know" Draco started turning to see a man with dark hair and grey eyes
"Pardon"
"She's right, Brenna that where most humans fail in this life, they feel so obligated to follow duty and rules they forget the real obligation to their hearts" and then he smiled at him sadly "and that's how they ruin themselves"
"How can following rules and duty ruin themselves?" the blonde asked, the man chuckled and another man came up and clapped the other man on his back, Draco recognized him as Zeus.
"Easy following their heart most people are happy truly happy, living up to expectations people are content, why do you think the Gods and Goddess now interact with our children down here" Zeus said "Brenna is a lot like her mother, her mother chewed us out one time and demanded her mother spend time with her when she was eleven, then when she was told it was against the rules, she said damn near the same thing, against who's rules ours or our hearts she said and I'm quoting her "I'm sure many of you here wish to see the children you created,and it's not fair that because of the rules you can't see us but you are Gods and Goddess you make the rules so allow the rules to follow your heart not your so called duty" granted it took us until Percy, Posideon's son and Brenna to get it right but we eventually listened to her and it worked out for the better, we have a much better connection to our half mortal children" Zeus said
"and grandchildren" Posideon said, the man nodded and then turned Draco around "so tell us, which do you think would make you happier in the long run, following your family obligations or following your hearts obligations"
Draco stared, on one side was Brenna who dancing with Pansy and Blaise laughing happily and on the other side was his family and Astoria, his mother and Astoria watching in distaste and his father. Draco narrowed his eyes, for once he could see the unhappiness in his father's eyes yet the man was content in his unhappiness. He was use to it, it had been too long to change. Or was it?
Now he had the question lingering over his head, and the answer split in two his heart or his family.
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The night had gone successful, well mostly a small interruption by James and Lily trying to talk to Brenna which ended in her punching James when he grabbed her and resulting in most of the group leaving, the exception being the twins, Neville and Luna.
"So let me get this straight I know have to host all of you overnight for the entire weekend" Severus said after everything was donewhen not only the three Gryfinndors and Ravenclaw and his two Slytherins but his three cousin-in-laws and Grover all wanted to stay over.
"Please daddy" Brenna said looking at him with wide bright green eyes "you wanted me to make friends" she said, the man heard a snicker from his fiancé and shot her a mock-glare before sighing.
"I'm going to regret this especially having those demon twins in my house but fine, okay you can all stay, Brenna knows what to do, stay out of my lab" he said glowering at the twins in specific, Brenna squealed and hugged her father, the glower softening into a smile.
"Awww Gred he so sweet"
"The human heart is used in 72 potion ingredients" Severus said second-handedly looking towards his daughter who hide a smile "Brenna do you know any?"
"I know their all illegal, be nice" she said, a voice cleared and she looked to see Draco his hands in his pockets "Draco"
"Am I invited to this sleepover as well?" he asked his eyes trained on Brenna, who looked away biting her lip.
"Nonsense Draco you have things to do with me, no need to stay where you'll be umcomfortable" Astoria sniffed
"She's right darling" Narcissa said placing a hand on his arm, Lucius' lips twitched as he met Severus' eyes and winked
"Nonsense let the boy have a bit of fun, be a teenager with all that's going on I think it'll be a good idea" Lucius said smoothly, the teen sent his father a grateful look and looked back to Brenna who regarded him her eyes narrowed.
"He can stay" she said shrugging, he smiled at her and Astoria huffed.
"Well I'm staying too, I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea" she said scowling, Brenna raised an eyebrow and shook her head and moved around her father.
"Where do you guys prefer to sleep, in or out?"
"Out"
"It's not too cold out yet so outside is perfect" the others agreed except Astoria of course.
"Well me and Draco can sleep inside outside has creatures like bugs and snakes"
"And you're a Slytherin, how ironic" Brenna murmured as she headed upstairs "Luna, Pansy, Talia and Annie come upstairs you guys can borrow some of my clothes to lay around in, daddy could you set up the lights and projector outside"
"Going to have a movie night under the stars again?" he asked she simply smiled, "Very well, the boys need to go and get some clothes"
"What about me?" Astoria asked looked expectedly to Brenna who simply raised an eyebrow
" I know our taste vary so I won't waste the energy to offer you any of my clothes so I assume you'll be returning home to get clothes" she said smoothly, while some were smart enough o hide their laughter, such as Draco, Neville, Blaise, and even Percy others like the twins and Grover started laughing loud. Brenna simply raised an eyebrow "I think they've finally lost it" she said innocently, before turning to go upstairs.
"She's so rude, Draco we should just go, we don't need this" Astoria whined, Draco sighed and shook his head.
"You go, Astoria I want to stay" he said looking at her, and the silence was deafening, the girls had just made it up the stairs when they heard what he said.
"Excuse me, you want to stay here with her after she said that to me" she cried out indignantly
"Draco she is right"
"Mother, I want to stay and she is not right, Brenna is, Astoria would have sneered and complained about her clothes because her style is different I'm not sorry I want to have friends and a life" he said and then looked at his father "Send Dobby with my clothes please" he said gently, the man nodded
"Would anyone else like for my house elf to retrieve their belongings?" the twins nodded and told the man where to find there stuff and Neville as well Blaise and Pansy who already knew the house elf "he should be here in a moment, Astoria will you stay or go?"
"Stay, I don't trust that girl"
"You are aware that's my daughter you're speaking of"
"Yes and I do not trust her around my Draco" suddenly Lauren laughed and glared at her.
"I'd be more concerned with surviving the night doll" she said coldly and then turned to go up the stairs, Severus looked and spoke carefully.
"I don't think it wise to antagonize two potion masters, do you?" he said "I need to go set up some stuff and show the Malfoys out, excuse me you guys can follow up the stairs I'll just let Brenna know you're coming up" he said pressing a button on the wall then looked at Lucius who nodded.
He led to the door and as Narcissa walked out Lucius lingered a moment and then looked at his old friend.
"Regardless of what happens I am canceling that contract, our children deserve to be happy and I believe Brenna will change everything, even my son" he said, before following his wife. Severus stood and let out a huff of laughter, Hades seem to always know what will happen.
That smug son of bitch.
A/N: OH MY GOD I AM SOOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE WAIT! Okay so I had school, family drama, I'm working on a book, and then my computer gave up on life. Thankfully I have amazing family members (the ones I live with) and they bought me a new laptop so guess who will be updating soooo much more. This girl right here, anyway something to bring in the New Years. Next Chapter the sleep over, drama and some Drarry/Drenna Fluff.
