Hello everyone! Just wanted to let you know that Fabian will be updated every Sunday from now on. If I miss one Sunday it will be updated sometime that week most likely Monday. I may try to start another story and update it on Wednesdays. Just wanted to let you know.
Sorry to those who think my Chapters are too short. I like where I cut them off at. Just my opinion so please if you would be so kind as to stop pointing that out/ bitching about it? Thanks. Also, most reviews will now be replied to through PM s unless I feel it awesome/important to the story in which case I will post it as I use to comment replies.
Also thought I should let you know that the poll is over. Many questioned why I would be worrying about a pair for Fabian as he is really young. Well, it will just give me an idea on how characters will act around each other. They'll get together farther in the future..
Blaze: /
Theo: /
Threesome TheoBlaFab: /
Ginny: /
Daphne:/ /
Astoria: /
Colin: /
Luna: /
Uhmm... so yeah Blaze definitely won that... sorry to those who don't like m/m pairings... If it makes you feel any better at no point will this get hot and heavy... I'd probably set off like... a one shot for those that actually wanted to read that sort of thing.
Chapter Seven Completely
It didn't take long with his mother stroking his head and his father rubbing his thumb over his knuckled for Fabian to fall asleep. He had somehow wormed an arm forward and gripped his fathers robes with a tight grip. Narcissa hummed and continued her gentle petting of his hair, a small happy smile gracing her face. Her content attitude only questioned by the drying tear stains that marred her cheeks. The reintroduced family had been washed in silence. None really wanting to break it for different reasons. Narcissa, not wanting to wake up from this utterly perfect dream. Lucius, being the man he was, was mostly thinking of hunting down those responsible as well as other... political tribulations they as a family would be facing in the future. And how they could keep this all quiet and out of the profit. None of them needed that at the moment least of all Fabian. Draco's mind however was over powered with worry.
"I feel like that was to easy." Draco muttered, brows furrowed. "It couldn't be that easy."
Lucius sighed. "Fabian was exhausted. He wanted comfort. What happened to him was traumatizing. When he has gotten some rest, I fear this acceptance will regress."
"Right." came a voice suddenly from the door. They turned and saw Healer Hatcherly smiling sadly at them. "It will take him a bit of time for him to accept this and to get comfortable. He'll need a mind healer to help him and will need private time with each of you before he can be introduced to... the extended family. If they must be near I suggest you are all with him. Keep contact with strangers to a minimum until he is fully comfortable with you. You must make him realize that you will not leave him under any circumstance. That you love him no matter what. He'll want reasons and will most likely look for any signs that you don't. And when he does realize you won't leave him he will likely begin to look for more physical comfort. If he seeks comfort give it to him but be careful when trying to initiate it."
The three Malfoys nodded slowly. Narcissa who had momentarily paused her petting began again when Fabian shifted slightly in his bed. Lucius looked down at his youngest son. He had managed to keep his throat from closing this long so he cursed himself when his breath became painful around the growing lump. He brought his son's hand up and pressed his lips gently on his knuckles in a soft kiss. The older blond shifted the small hand away and rested the back of it on his cheek.
"There are still a few things left that need to be taken care of and we need to talk about." Healer Carols said softly from behind Hatcherly. The man smiled slightly when the three directed their attention toward him. "When he was born, Fabian's lungs were weak as a result he got sick with pneumonia. We told you that if he should ever get it again that you should bring him back immediately. Well, Fabian while in those muggles care has had a few cases that were left untreated. His lungs aren't as strong as they should be and if he should ever get it or any other sort to lung illness he may have a bit of trouble fighting it off. He's going to be a bit more susceptible as well so always look out for the symptoms."
Narcissa opened her mouth to ask if that was finally, finally all that was wrong with her baby. Carols shook his head slowly, a dark look on his face. "Unfortunately that is not it Lady Malfoy. Fabian has a few memory altering spells and implanted memories. We left them for now, wanting to give his body a bit of time to rest and heal before putting his mind through the stress of removing them. Usually we take them off before introducing anyone, but it this case, we felt it better to leave them for the moment. It may ease him a bit more into accepting you as his family when he is healthy and they are removed."
"Just let him rest for now and we will monitor his progress so we can let him go home." Hatcherly said softly with a smile. She and Carols excused themselves but not after they heard Narcissa speak.
"Finally." she breathed.
"He looks very much like his mother." Lucius said with a smile looking up at Narcissa with an odd gleam in his eyes. No one ever really saw the Malfoys relaxed unless a part of their close knit family, such as Severus, Bellatrix, and Tom.
"Yes well," Narcissa sniffed playfully. "He did get the better genes didn't he."
"What's that supposed to mean mother." Draco asked with a pout.
"Oh nothing dear. It just means you didn't get my killer looks. You did get your fathers so you won't be that bad off." she teased.
There was a moment where no one said anything, just watching Fabian for a moment.
"What are we going to do?" Draco asked quietly. "How am I going to get him to forgive me?"
"For now just be there for him dear. Don't worry about trying to get him to see you as a brother right of the bat. Ease him into it. Give him someone he can confide in. Someone he can go to with anything. Then work on brothers. And don't push him dear. Let him come to you." Narcissa said slowly. "He will forgive you eventually. And if he ever asks you anything, give him the truth."
Draco nodded slowly and smiled down at his sleeping baby brother.
"Try not to worry." Lucius said. "If you worry, it will make Fabian worry and will add unneeded stress to all of us. Just... act as natural as possible.
Even as he said it, Lucius knew that would be almost impossible. Thoughts kept zooming around his head and he knew it would be the same with Narcissa and maybe even worse for Draco as he had spent an entire year with "Harry" at school. How would they get Fabian to forgive them. Get him to understand that they loved him? How would they show him? Of course they were going to give him all he never had and all he could possible ever have wanted, but Lucius knew that material objects wouldn't make Fabian love them. Many people thought them material people but that was very much a mask they wore in public. Fabian... he probably wouldn't be able to wear the same mask without a lot of practice. A small smile pulled at his lips at the thought of his youngest imitating Draco in public. It was true his oldest son had perfected the mask to a whole new level.
But to get the family mask... How would they become family in the first place. It all seemed to easy in his mind where Fabian just... fell into place. And to them he did. It was like he was never gone. He was their little Fabian. But... He was still Harry Potter really. A little boy who was going to be used and abused until the very end. How would they show him he wasn't and they would never do anything of the sort. He still didn't see himself a Malfoy even if he said it. He only wanted comfort. An image flitted across Lucius' mind at that. The desperate look on his son's face as he asked them, pleaded really, not to send him away.
'Did he really think we would allow him to be sent anywhere?' Lucius thought sadly. 'We had just told him we were family so why would he..'
But Lucius already knew that. "Harry's Family" had done terrible things to him. Fabian didn't know what family was and while he probably saw glimpses of it say with the Weasley's or when wondering through Diagon Alley, he had never had it for himself. The Weasley's always were a rather large family. But even in their large size Lucius felt that they weren't as close as the Malfoys. They couldn't even tell their twins apart for Merlin's sake! The oldest two moved away and as far as he knew, made no plans on moving back. The youngest was the only girl and while her brothers where over protective, she didn't go to anyone in her family to talk. Large family... How would they even dream of introducing him to the family? However far down the road that was it was still an issue they would have to face one day. He knew Fabian had already met Severus but by the way the man had talked about Harry Potter, that would be a task. Bellatrix was in Azkaban and Lucius could only imagine what would come out. Bella was a bit out of it when she went it... Needless to say he would have to get use to her himself before he let either of his boys around her. And then their was Tom. Oh gods. Lucius couldn't even imagine how they meeting would play out. He shook those thoughts from his head for the moment. Tom wasn't around at the moment... but he would be back sometime.
As the family just basked in the feeling of being for the most part completely whole again, and Fabian slept on, thoughts of the future and plans to ease the small boy into their lives and family so completely at some point they were sure he would be overjoyed with sometime away from them. And on the table, where Lucius cloak was practically thrown, his Hogwarts letters had, for the moment, been forgotten.
Well that's the end of this chapter. Hope you come back to read the next. Also, below is the scene that made me want to make Ginny a year younger if it happened to be a Ginny/Fabian story. Just thought I would let you guys read that...
~Apart from the story scene. Fabian meets Ginny at King's Cross~
Fabian pushed his trolly toward the train. Anxiety was clawing at him as he looked around the station. He had somehow managed to lose his brother and parents and was now, totally alone. If they were calling for him, he couldn't hear them over all of the other calls and chattering and animals on the platform. With his head down, he made his way toward the train to board when a voice cut across all of the other noise.
"Mummy can't I go too?" a small redheaded girl asked with a pout, looking up at a rather plump woman with equally bright red hair.
"No Ginny. I've told you, you go next year." the woman said though not unkindly sounded rather annoyed.
The woman rushed off with a shriek of "FRED!", leaving the girl to pout. Fabian took the time to get a good look at her. This was Ginny, Ron's younger sister. She was rather petite, with long red hair tied back in a braid. From the distance he was, he could tell she had chocolate brown eyes. In her sun dress she crossed her arms over his chest before taking off after her mother.
Fabian shook his head before continuing where Draco said he would be boarding. Slowly making his hay through the people, head down, he didn't pay much attention to the people around him. That is until a small body came practically out of no where and slammed into him.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" came a voice. It was a girls voice.
Fabian pushed himself back to his feet and as he help the girl to her feet he realized it was Ginny Weasley.
"I'm so sorry." she said again, reaching out to brush off the front of his shirt.
"No. No it's alright." he said, stopping her from touching him.
He gave her a small smile and she smiled shyly in return. "Really it's not your fault. I should have been paying attention to where I was going."
"Oh I'm Ginny by the way." she said. "Ginny Weasley."
"Well Ginny, were you getting ready to board the train?" he asked even thought he already knew she wasn't.
"No." she said sadly. "I go next year."
She did look genuinely sad at that.
"Surly your brothers tell you everything about Hogwarts." Fabian said.
Ginny shock her head, smile coming back. "No Fred and George only write to me about their pranks. Ron says the classes stink and I should be glad I'm not there yet. He says they are boring and the only thing good is the food. And of course his friend Harry Potter." she paused for a moment. "And Percy is to busy to write to me. They never tell me about things I want to know like what the classes and teachers are like." she trailed off with a slight laugh.
"Well, what if I write to you?" Fabian suggested. "I could tell you about everything at Hogwarts."
"Would you take would be amazing!" she exclaimed and for a moment, Fabian thought she would hug him... maybe even kiss him she was so excited. But she didn't thankfully.
The whistle sounded and all of the students moved quickly toward the train.
"I'd better go." he said moving toward his trolly. He had started to push it toward the train with a small wave goodbye to Ginny when she called out to him.
"Wait! I never caught your name." she said.
"Oh. I'm sorry that was rude of me." Fabian said with a smile. "My name is Fabian Malfoy."
She looked slightly taken aback. Fabian smile at her again with another wave. "I have to go Ginny. But I will write to you and tell you all about Hogwarts!"
She waved faintly at him as he left.
