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"Hermione, Hermione, come with me…" Hermione felt herself being pulled out of Draco's protective grasp as she slid across the cool wooden floor. There was a bright red light blinding her, drawing her closer, out of Draco's room, down the hall past Emily's temporary room she was in the sitting room, on the couch as Tom sat across from her. Finally the bright light found a home in his eyes.
"NO!" She shrieked sitting bolt upright, sweat mixed with tears pouring off of her. Draco sat up sleepily rubbing at his eyes. "Hermione?" Hermione shivered, his voice sounded too much like Tom's. Draco wrapped his arm around her and hushed her cries. She wasn't making any sense.
"Draco? Hermione?" Emily whispered tip toeing into their room. "Yes hun?" Hermione responded flipping on the light. "I can't sleep; I've never been in such a big room all by myself." Reaching down Draco pulled her up onto the bed and into his lap. "Sweetie, it's alright, would you like to sleep in here with us tonight?" Hermione asked as Emily nodded her head.
Briefly standing up under the canopy Emily straightened her white night gown and slipped in between Draco and Hermione. Hermione began to rub her back, soothing her, all troubles forgotten, until both women were asleep. Draco watched them sleep in fascination, they both looked so angelic, Hermione was so motherly, with out even trying, it amazed him. And Emily; what a darling, he knew she would stay with them. Swimming in his own thoughts Draco fell asleep.
The next morning Hermione conjured a pink dress with a white ribbon trimming the hem and white Mary-Janes for Emily, her hair pulled back into a low pony tail, tied with a white ribbon. Hermione slipped into a kaki skirt and blue sweater as they both went downstairs to prepare breakfast.
Setting out some eggs, pancakes, and bacon Draco finally made his way downstairs as Hermione poured three glasses of orange juice. "Hello Draco!" Emily greeted him smiling. "Hello ladies." Draco replied kissing each on top of their head.
"We're going to the orphanage today Draco." Hermione said conversationally as he propped Emily up onto his lap and began showing her how to flip bacon into his mouth. "Mm? Alright." Hermione smiled and began to eat.
"Are you ready to go?" Draco asked as Hermione and Emily came down the stairs. "Yes." Taking Emily into his arms Draco apparated to outside the agency quickly followed by Hermione after being told the address.
Storming into the old building Draco looked for the woman he had owled. "Miss Macintyre? I presume?" A plump dark haired woman approached them, her eyes darting from Emily holding Hermione's hand to Draco Malfoy. Quickly she ran to a door where the threesome saw a flash and a pair of ears. "How may I help you folks?" She said in a kind accent.
Draco smirked as he picked Emily up, setting her in his arms. "Oh well you see my name is Draco Malfoy; my fiancée Hermione Granger." He gestured to Hermione but Miss Macintyre interrupted. "Yes I know who you are. You ordered a house elf a few months ago from my other job, did you not? Werent you satisfied with her work?" her eyes lingered on Emily briefly before betraying her: Showing her fear.
"No she was a wonderful house elf, quite exceptional…" Draco shifted Emily in his arms. "Quite an adorable child too! Isn't she?" Draco accused her. Macintyre shook her head frantically, moving in front of the door she had just closed. Stepping across her, Hermione pushed the door open to reveal dozens of young children all draped in bed sheets stepping in lines to be turned into house elves by women dressed in long dark blue robes, all cracking out of the room to complete their days work.
"Your other job? Or your main job?" Draco nearly shouted, his eyes slipping into their dark steel color. "You disgust me." He spat as he stormed toward the witches waving his wand to reveal them chained to the floor, their eyes a blank white. Draco muttered the Imperius Curse's counter curse and the women shook, falling to the ground, Draco rushed to help them up and Hermione followed.
Emily stayed away from Mrs. Macintyre; who was magically bound to a chair nearby. After the women were assured that they were safe they apparated shakily to their homes.
Draco turned to Macintyre. Taking a long step and a deep breath he raised his wand. "You deserve Azkaban, you deserve worse, for forcing children to do work at young ages for youto make a profit! Despicable." Macintyre met his gaze and nodded her head mutely. Turning away from her and picking Emily up in his arms he asked Hermione: "Love could you go to her office, find her owl and send a letter to law enforcement."
Hermione nodded and hurried to write to the ministry. Draco raked his hands through his hair as he picked Emily up onto his hip. Emily began to squirm around not sitting still trying to reach the room where the other orphans rested.
Placing her on the floor, Draco watched Emily jog through the open door and towards a small pink bundle on a bed near the door. She took it in her arms and began speaking to it in a low voice, her hands touching the front of it, hugging it.
Draco was intrigued, venturing into the room he almost gasped as he saw a baby's face poking out from the ragged pink blanket. "Who is this Emily?" He murmured stepping closer. "My sister!" She said proudly. "My sister Madison, or we think she's my sister, on account on how we look so alike and were taken here around the same time, so Draco I had to show her to you 'cause if you adopt me, then Madison's coming too." He saw tears rolling thick down her cheeks and he made quickly to brush them off her. "Shush, shush, now I'm perfectly ready for the both of you, alright? Now once Hermione comes back we'll tell her."
Emily smiled broadly and cradled Madison in her arms. "We have a mommy and a daddy Madison! Isn't that great?" Madison giggled as her sister tickled her. Draco grinned as he leaned against the door frame, watching Emily with Madison. "Do we know he old she is?" He questioned.
Emily turned to look at him from where she was sitting on a nearby bed. "Well we think she's five months old. But we aren't completely sure." Emily looked hesitant to tell Draco how old she was. "Well we'll just have to find out now wont we!" Hermione smiled declared, smiling broadly, stepping into the room. Draco kissed her cheek and wrapped his arm around her until she pulled away to talk to Emily at eye level. "Now Emily I filed the adoption papers for both you and your sister, I sent them to the ministry and after reviewing Draco and I, it was immediately decided that you two are now officially part of the Malfoy family!" Swiftly walking towards the girls Draco picked up Madison as Hermione scooped Emily into her arms.
"The perfect family!" Emily squealed as they walked out of the building. "Herm-M-m-mom?" Hermione looked down at Emily who she had thought was asleep but her blue eyes were gazing up at Hermione. "What, hun?" Emily looked away quickly but then asked: "W-well, what do I call you?" Hermione smiled: "What ever you want sweetie, Hermione, mum, mother, what ever!" Emily smiled: "Mum, I like that…" And with that she fell asleep once again.
"Hermione? How did you know all that?" Draco whispered, waving his arm in a sweeping motion in Emily's room. Hermione grinned as she was careful not to shuffle Madison but leaned against Draco. "Well woman's intuition I guess you could say…" She smiled again and kissed the top of Madison's head, even for an infant they both saw she was going to have very light colored, curly hair and her startling blue eyes looked so much like Draco's.
Draco looked into the room one more time before accompanying Hermione back to Madison's nursery. It was painted a bright yellow on the top half of the room and pink paint decked the bottom half as fake butterflies hung from strings off the ceiling as Emily slept in the queen sized canopy bed draped in pink sheets in the end of the room facing the long window adorning the far wall, her white wardrobe sat in a corner next to a matching dresser and on the last wall sat three mirrors set at different angles next to her vanity on a soft cream rug.
Tip toeing across the room Draco kissed her goodnight on her cheek, tucking the blanket mutely around her shivering body. After reaching his own room Draco stopped to admire Hermione setting Madison down in her bassinet. Madison's room was a soft lavender, a bit smaller than her sister's, all of her furniture was wooden, painted white, and Hermione's favorite part of the nursery, the white wicker rocking chair that sat in the corner opposite the bassinet next to the window.
Madison released a soft cry as Hermione began to sneak towards Draco but ran back to her picking her up in her arms, murmuring a lullaby.
"Hush-a-bye, don't you cry Go to sleep-y, little baby.
When you wake you shall have
All the pretty little horses.
Blacks and bays, dapples and grays,
Coach and six-a-little horses.
Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,
Go to sleep-y, little baby."
Hermione ended as she saw Madison's eyes closing, finally falling asleep. Laying her back down Hermione took the other door leading into their bedroom. Draco crept into their room as well, quietly closing the door lying down with his fiancée. Wrapping his arm around Hermione, Draco smiled into her hair as she fell immediately asleep but Draco thought about how so quickly he didn't even know Emily or her baby sister and now, he had two daughters and a beautiful woman that he loved and that loved him.
"Oh Hermione…" The voice cackled again. This time she knew she was awake as she felt her self fighting the need to follow that voice. "Yes, Tom…" She murmured as she descended the steps and into his freezing embrace. "My beloved Hermione, what's happened to you, didn't you miss daddy?" Hermione nodded her head slowly, feeling her neck forcing her head up and down. "Well come on darling…" He traced her cheek with a cold finger nail. "I've missed you. It feels like when ever we got to see each other you werent really trying to help me…" he hissed. Hermione shook harder than she ever had in her life, her heart pumping in her chest as she stood up. "BECAUSE YOU'RE EVIL!" She shrieked hysterically breaking the curse he had placed on her. Tom's eyes burned a fiery red as he forced her back into his arms. "THIS WAS NOT THE LAST!" his voice hung in the small sitting room for what seemed like hours after he had disappeared. Hermione pulled herself back up the stairs.
Shakily lying onto the bed, she felt as though she had been doused in cold water she was even shivering she was so cold, her hair hung lank in her face, and she couldn't muster the strength to pick up the blankets and get underneath them. Finally she felt Draco reach towards her and pull her closer. Feeling almost safe Hermione snuggled as close as possible to her fiancée.
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