AN: I do not own Harry Potter.
Chapter Seven: Settling In and Violent Outbursts
From here on out, Hermione will go by Rose.
A couple of days later...
When Rose finally woke, she was in a darkened room and able to pick out every tiny detail of it with incredible clarity. There was a red-haired man asleep in the chair next to her bed and she studied him for a moment, picking out certain details of him that seemed familiar. The door opened and she was momentarily blinded by the light that flooded the room for the few seconds it took whoever had opened it to step inside. Once the door was finally closed, she was able to make out the person who'd come into the room and breathed a sigh of relief when she recognized Goldenhair.
"Nice to see you awake Miss Greyback," she says as she set several vials of a red liquid on the nightstand next to her bed, opposite where the man was sitting, he'd awoken when the door had opened. A sudden, gnawing sensation began in Rose's stomach and she let out a pained noise as she clenched a hand against her abdomen. "That'll be the hunger pains," the Goblin woman huffs with a 'sit' motion directed at the redhead that had released a growl and stood. "You should drink these, they'll help."
Rose didn't need to be told twice, grabbing a vial off the table less than a second after the words had left Goldenhair's lips and gulping it down just as fast, reaching for the next. "Shouldn't she slow down?" the man asks and she froze at the sound of his voice, which she'd recognized.
"No, Mister Rosier, she's fine," came the reply from the female Goblin as she moved so she was standing at the foot of the bed, digging through a bag there. "When you're no longer hungry, Miss Greyback, you should clean up and get changed, your Father will be coming to see you soon. The bathroom is through that door, here's some clothes and robes for you once you're through." Once she was through, Goldenhair walked out of the room, closing the door behind her and leaving the occupants in silence.
Continuing to drink from the vials on the nightstand, Rose stared at Bill with curious eyes as her thoughts went back to the Heritage Test Ragnok had performed. "Do you still want to be called Hermione?" he asks in a cautious tone and she growled, tossing the vial she'd just finished at him, which he caught, eyes flashing black. "I'll take that as a no, Rose it is then."
She paused in drinking long enough to purr at him and he smiled, playing with the fang earring in his ear as he watched her, waiting for her to finish up. "When did you find out you weren't..." Rose begins asking the moment she was done with all of the vials before realizing that was probably a question best left unanswered.
"A month after I was first hired at Gringott's," he answers watching her as she slipped off the bed to look over the clothes the Goblins had gotten for her. "One of the newer employees had accidentally knocked me into some very dangerous wards and I was rushed, unconscious, to the Medical Wing. When they found more spell damage than they'd been expecting, they fixed everything and I was no longer the Bill Weasley I'd been a week before. I was William Rosier, son of a dead Death Eater and Molly Prewett, who's been under Liquid Imperius for almost as long as I can remember."
Rose swallowed when she noticed the look on his face as he finished telling her and she put down the clothes she'd been inspecting, walking over to him. "Sorry, I..." she began only to cut off in a squeak when he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her down into his lap.
"You don't have to apologize," he murmurs hugging her for a moment before letting her stand back up when he felt her freeze in his hold. "It would've been one of the things I'd have told you anyway."
She nodded before heading back to grab the clothes and disappeared into the bathroom to take a quick shower, getting ready to meet her Father for the first time, well that she could remember. Slipping under the hot water, Rose slowly began to relax and let out a small shiver of fear. For a moment, if that, her mind had morphed William into Ron and she'd shut down a little bit, turning into a statue in her mate's arms. 'Damn you, Ronald Weasley,' she thinks as she remembered the brief flash of pain that had filled William's eyes before he'd been able to hide it. Completely disgusted with herself and what Ron had done to her, she began scrubbing at her skin, trying to wash away the feel of his hands on her body and all the other things. No matter what Rose did she still felt dirty and she let out a soft sob as she slid down the wall of the shower, letting the water pour down on her, clawing at the flesh of her arms as she wrapped them around herself.
Unable to contain her tears anymore, she began crying, rocking back and forth as she stared at the blood oozing slugishly from the wounds she'd inflicted that were already healing. She didn't hear the door open or see William freeze in the doorway while Goldenhair moved towards her. Rose didn't notice any of this until the shower was turned off and a towel was placed around her before the Goblin levitated her out of the shower, back into the room. She was placed back on the bed before being handed a potion that she probably would've recognized if she'd been paying any attention when Goldenhair told her to drink. Moments later, her eyelids slid closed and she was floating in the darkness of her unconsciousness once more.
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Bill stared at his sleeping mate for a few more moments before stalking out of the room, heading up to Ragnok's office and stepping inside without knocking. Definitely not his best idea when suddenly faced with the Goblin, Lucius Malfoy and Fenrir Greyback, stopping just inside the room as the door clicked shut behind him. "Is Miss Greyback ready?" Ragnok asks and Bill shook his head, stepping out of the way when the door opened once more so Goldenhair could enter.
"What happened to put her in that state?" the female asks turning her piercing, black gaze on the redhead and his eyes began changing color.
Bill already had a faint idea of why Rose had reacted the way she did and if it was what he thought, there were several people who were going to be missing body parts soon. "I hugged her," he growls and she cocked her head to the side before her face went deathly pale, quickly leaving the room.
There was a feral-sounding growl that drew Bill out of his thoughts and he turned his attention to his mate's Father. "What's happening with my daughter?" Fenrir growls and the corner of Bill's left eye twitched as they finished turning black and he grit his teeth.
"I can only guess," he forces himself to say through his teeth as his hands clenched at his sides, "while Goldenhair will know for sure when she comes back."
A tense, rage-filled silence descended over the room as they all waited for the Goblin female to return. The whole time, Bill was fighting the instinct to find and dismember Ronald, forcing himself to keep tight reign over his magic that wanted to lash out at everything. "Whatever it is, it has him angry enough to kill and Bill is normally the most even-tempered of Evan and Molly's children," Lucius breathes from where he was standing next to Fenrir and the wolf nodded in agreement.
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Cerberus sat in the room that was going to be the nursery, fiddling with the piece of parchment he was holding as he glanced around the room. "Are you okay?" his Papa asks taking a seat next to him on the floor and he shook his head before handing him the letter. Regulus looked the note over, a small frown appearing between his eyes before he handed the letter back to his son. "It's good news, means that your friend, Hermione, wasn't in control of her actions all this time."
"Better than the news contained in the letter at breakfast," Cerberus breathes as he put the letter away in his pocket, ignoring the inquiring look his Papa was giving him. "Ragnok and a female Auror went to investigate Selene Vaughn's home, found her beaten to death, her adoptive parents were nowhere to be found."
He watched as his Papa's face paled before he dropped into his thoughts. "Did they manage to check if she was Dolohov's daughter?" he asks and Cerberus nodded, turning to stare out the big, bay window off to his left.
"She was, he's been informed and she'll be entombed in the Dolohov family crypt next to her mother," he answers as he stood from where he was sat on the floor. "The Goblins have lodged a complaint with the Ministry for not monitoring the home situations of Muggleborns, as they are supposed to, basis being that Selene's death could've been prevented if they'd been doing so."
"Well, maybe they'll actually stop believing every word out of Albus' mouth as the truth," Severus says from the doorway and Cerberus turned to look over at his Father, who gave him a thin-lipped smile. "Fenrir has requested our presence at Gringott's, seems there is more to Miss Greyback's story than what they originally found."
Hitting Darkness with a shrinking spell, Cerberus bent down to let him coil around a wrist before following his parents out of the room. They decided to travel by floo as it was easier on Cerberus' stomach and a few moments later, they were standing in the private floo room in Gringott's. There was a Goblin waiting for them and they followed him to Ragnok's office where Lucius, Fenrir, Bill and Tom were waiting, though they seemed to be quielty discussing something. Goldenhair stepped into the room, followed by a female teen that had the looks of the Malfoy family but her blond hair was streaked through with silver and her eyes were amber. She kept her eyes downcast after giving the room a quick look and spotting Fenrir, dropped her head as a fearful look passed through her eyes.
Bill was looking at her like he wanted to take her into his arms and hide her away from the world, making Cerberus sure that he would've if it hadn't been for Fenrir walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her. "I'm so sorry for everything you've been through, Rose," he breathes and despair moved over the girl's features before tears began to fall down her cheeks.
Tom moved over to stand beside Cerberus, which caught the now-sobbing girl's attention and her eyes widened before she pulled away from her Father. Moving faster than most would be able to see, she appeared in front of Cerberus, hands moving at her sides like she was debating something and the pregnant teen decided for her, hugging her tightly to him. "You have no idea how many times I tried to tell you what was going on and was stopped by what Dumbledore had done to me," she murmurs against his ear as she began to full-out sob, dropping her head to his shoulder. "I tried so hard to stop what he was making me do and I never meant any of the bad things I said. You were my first friend and I never would've treated you like that had I been in control of myself."
Figuring that if he didn't say something soon, she'd begin apologizing again, Cerberus rubbed her back soothingly before pulling away from her a little to give her a soft smile. "It's okay, Dumbledore has made us all do some pretty terrible things," he breathes and she just began to cry harder causing him to give the other occupants of the room a confused look as he pulled her closer to him again and trying to comfort her. Goldenhair quickly wrote something on a small slip of parchment before making her way over to the two of them, holding it where Cerberus could comfortably read it and where Rose wouldn't be able to see it. 'Ronald Weasley raped her while she was under the spells Dumbledore put on her.' Rage swept through Cerberus and he tightened his arms around her as he continued trying to comfort the girl that had tried to be his friend even when she was being controlled and manipulated into only pretending to do so.
He saw Tom pluck the slip of parchment from the Goblin when she held it out to him and he glanced at it before moving back over to the others in the room. Regulus took one look at the parchment, anger flashing through his eyes before he forced it away and made his way over to Cerberus and Rose. "Why don't you, me and Rose head out into Diagon for some air?" he suggested as he felt the room's atmosphere become thick with barely-restrained rage and tension. Cerberus pulled away from Rose, a questioning look on his face and she gave a slight nod before he began leading her out the door. Regulus moved to follow, waving Bill away when he moved to do the same and shook his head. "Let her calm down a little and get truly acquainted with her best friend, I'll make sure nothing happens to either of them."
Taking Rose's hand, Cerberus led her out of the bank and towards the new coffee shop on the corner, knowing that his father was following them. "So, how have you been since..." she cut off like she was trying to find the correct words to voice her question. "Nevermind, how's the baby?"
"Good," he answers as they sat at one of the outside tables, "actually, the Healer says that we're both doing exceptionally well and Narcissa is planning a baby shower for sometime soon."
"That's wonderful news, Cerberus," she murmurs tapping her wand against her choice on the menu and Cerberus nodded, doing the same. "There's only a couple of more weeks before school starts, have you decided what you're going to do?"
He thought about the answer he wanted to give to that question and tapped his fingers on the tabletop. "I've been thinking of whether I should be tutored at home or go back to Hogwarts but that will only happen if certain things change between now and then."
Rose knew what he was thinking of and nodded, glancing around at the alley for a few moments before turning back to him. "And your relationship with Vol-Tom, sorry?"
"It's alright, he really isn't the bad guy in all of this," he breathes glancing up at the waiter as he brought their orders over to the table. "Our relationship is great and he's really, I mean really, really, protective of me. Everything going on with the war is just his way of retaliating against what Dumbledore's done." Rose's face fell at the mention of the old goat and Cerberus mentally kicked himself before changing the subject. "So, how are you feeling now that you're finally yourself?"
"Amazing," she hums as she took a sip of her mochaccino and Cerberus saw her golden eyes harden moments before the cup in her hand shattered. She gasped, quickly cleaning up the mess made when she'd broken the cup and looked like she was about to cry. "Ron's here with Arthur."
Cerberus glanced over his shoulder in the direction that she was glaring and sent a bit of his magic to push a chair out as Ron walked by, succeeding in tripping him. The redhead hit the ground, hard, causing Rose to giggle before apologizing to the waiter for the mess when he came by to take away the broken remains of her cup and re-ordering her drink. Cerberus moved so he was sitting in the chair beside her so he had an unobstructed view of the redhead trying to untangle himself from the chair that had suddenly begun acting like an octopus. Rose glanced at him with a raised eyebrow and he shrugged, that hadn't been him, which had him looking around for who could've possibly begun antagonizing Ron in their stead. He laughed when he saw the twins and Charlie, Weasley glamours gone, heading over to where they were seated, George's gaze firmly on the chair entangling Ron.
"Your dad said we'd find you here," Fred says taking the seat Cerberus had been sitting in and pulling George down into the one next to him. "Hiya, Her-Rose."
The look Rose had given Fred when he'd almost called her Hermione had him paling and quickly changing what he was about to say, causing Charlie to snicker as he pulled over a chair from the table beside their's. George finally stopped tormenting Ron, turning his attention to the rest of them and giving an evil-smirk when Ron suddenly started screaming. "Itching curse to several sensitive body parts," he says in answer to the questioning look Cerberus gave him. "The Goblins had to finish removing everything that's been done to Mom so she told us to find something to do."
"And tormenting our former brother fits the description of something to do," Charlie breathes ordering something off the menu Fred handed him before looking at Ron through the corner of his eye. His eyes flashed black for a moment before the chair George and Cerberus had been using to torment Ron morphed into a large, wooden dragon. "Especially after we learned certain things after we went looking for Bill." Rose paled at this and set her drink back down on the table, looking off to the side and at the ground. "You have nothing to be embarrassed about, Ronald has a lot to answer for and it's all Dumbledore's fault."
Cerberus watched as Arhtur, who had been trying to figure out what was wrong with Ron, turned towards the transfigured chair with a look of horror on his face as smoke curled from it's nostrils. "That's enough, children," Regulus murmurs coming to stand by the table, cancelling Charlie's spell after the wooden dragon had managed to singe off Arthur's eyebrows and Ron's arms were lightly burnt from shielding his face. "They and Dumbledore have been summoned to Gringott's and you've managed to delay those two just enough that the Goblins are probably pretty pissed off."
"Good," the dark-haired teen murmurs finishing the tea he'd ordered and looking over the dessert things that the cafe offered, having a sudden craving for something sweet. "Strawberry cheesecake or chocolate?"
"How about you get both," Rose suggests before taking a sip of her drink.
Fred and George laugh as Charlie smirks and Regulus shook his head. "Oh, he will," the twins snicker together and Cerberus mock-glared at them before ordering both and another tea.
Regulus took the seat between the twins and his son as Cerberus seemed to be on the verge of smacking them both, picking up the menu his son had just placed in the center of the table. "So Molly is no longer under Dumbledore's influence," he murmurs quickly making his order and placing the menu back in the center of the table. "Things are about to get very interesting."
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Bill listened as the others spoke, flinching when his Mother was led into the room, she looked a little worse for wear and he had a feeling she was ignoring Healer's orders by being here instead of in the Med Ward. After all, she'd just had everything that had been done to her for the last eighteen years permanently removed and he knew she'd had a complete breakdown on the Goblins when the despair from losing his father had returned. Sirius and Remus had joined the group in Ragnok's office when Fenrir had lost control of his wolf, trying to leave so he could hunt down Ronald and the Goblins had called the two of them. There was broken furniture strewn all over the room from Fenrir attacking Remus when the younger wolf had tried to calm him down but that fight had been over quickly for some reason and the elder was giving Remus apologetic looks every couple of seconds. Everyone was now waiting for Ragnok to come back from a meeting with some other Goblins, something to do with the other children that had been taken from their families and Dumbledore. Ragnok had made it so that he couldn't leave the office while the old goat and the remaining two Weasleys were anywhere close so he wouldn't kill them.
His mother made her way over to where he was leaning against the wall, probably noticing that the others in the room were furtively glancing over at him every few moments to make sure he didn't lose control of his temper. "No one would blame you if you went to kill him, you know?" she breathes as she played with the ring now occupying the space on her ring finger and he made a guess that it was her original one from her marriage to his Father.
He nodded as the rage he was holding back grew a little more prominent at her words and he clenched his fists as dark markings briefly made an appearance on his skin at her words. "With the way the Ministry is right now, I'd be lucky if I didn't end up sentenced to Azkaban, or outright executed for killing him, no matter what my reasons," he murmurs glancing at his mother through the corner of his eye when her hand trembled where she'd placed it on his crossed arms. "After all, Dark Creatures don't get very much leeway when it comes to murdering seemingly-innocent people."
"They're not innocent, though," Molly hums removing her hand as she turned her attention towards the huddle over by the desk. "Ragnok should be back soon, don't try to go back to the Burrow, they changed the wards and they'll capture you if possible." A grunt was her only answer before she walked over to stand with the others, easily slipping into the conversation while Bill closed his eyes to try to keep control.
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An hour after they'd left the coffee shop, Rose moved through the aisles of the baby store just a few buildings down from the bank that she'd dragged Cerberus and the others to so they could get things for the nursery while they were in the Alley. She was also thinking over all that Cerberus had told her, everything that had happened since the beginning of summer and how Dumbledore had kidnapped more children than just the two of them. Everything she'd heard had made her angry, as well as sick to her stomach, especially when it came to Selene. From what she could remember of her, Selene had been quiet, shy and preferred to be by herself, it made her really different from all the other Hufflepuffs who would stay near each other. Turning onto another aisle, she ran her left hand over the nearest selection of baby blankets, stopping when her fingers came into contact with a particularly-soft, fuzzy blanket and went through the different colors they had. She chose an emerald-green one and held it up so that Cerberus could see it before calling out, "How's this one, Cerberus?"
He looked up from the assorted onesies he was looking through and grinned when he caught sight of the blanket she was holding before making his way over to where she was. Running a hand over it, he cooed over how soft it was for a moment and she handed it to him as he looked through the other ones just like it. "Think you can keep a secret from the Demon twins?" he asks conspiratorily grabbing a dark-ish silver one before giving her a sly look.
"Sure," she hums and he glanced over to where Charlie, Fred and George stood in the toy area across the store from ther.
"Draco thinks he's pregnant," he whispers causing Rose to choke on air and begin coughing, catching the other three's attention before she got control of the reaction.
Taking several, deep, steadying breaths, she gave them a thumbs up to show she was fine before turning her attention back to Cerberus. "Warn a girl before you spring something like that on them," she breathes before waving at Bill when he appeared in the entrance to the store. He gave her a small smile before making his way over to where the other three were standing as she and Cerberus went over to the onesies he'd been looking at before she showed him the blankets. "He hasn't scheduled an appointment to make sure?"
Cerberus made a humming noise, judging the distance between where they and the others were standing before answering, "That's what he's doing right this moment, actually. Narcissa freaked out a little this morning when she went to wake him up and he was in the bathroom throwing up."
"Ah," she murmurs finding four onesies that had the different Hogwarts house crests and colors, lifting them up to show Cerberus who laughed, which made her chuckle. "I think we should get the Ravenclaw. Hufflepuff and Slytherin ones."
He nodded in agreement, snickering at the thought of the looks Tom would make if he ever saw the red and gold one. "Although, the dad's gift for the baby shower can be a gag and we can give Tom the Gryffindor one," he chuckled which had her breaking into giggles.
Their laughter drew the others over to them, each of them with a questioning look on their faces and that just made the two of them laugh harder and Rose tried to catch her breath so she could explain. "Could you imagine the look on Tom's face if this," she waved the Gryffindor one to show what she was talking about, "was tucked into the dad gift, as a joke, for the baby shower?"
Fred and George immediately burst into snickers, while Charlie stared at her with wide eyes for a moment and Bill chuckled, covering it with a cough that didn't manage to hide the fact he was laughing. "We'd have to put something on it to let him know it's a joke," Charlie murmurs once he was over the surprise of the question. "It would probably be safer for all involved."
"Charlie's right, wouldn't want his Lordship to kill the person who does it," the twins snicker before showing Cerberus the three stuffed animals they'd brought over.
It was two small, normal, red foxes that they had positioned on either side of a white one and Cerberus chuckled, taking the three stuffed animals from the two of them. "Good, at least now I don't have to worry about Draco murdering the two of you in your sleep because the two of you chose a ferret last time," he breathes and they gave him mock glares before smirking.
"He thought it was funny after a while, especially after he saw the memory of it from our point of view," they chuckle and their two, elder brothers rolled their eyes.
Rose let out a quiet laugh as her gaze was drawn to the corner of the room where there was a large selection of stuffed animals and let Cerberus know where she was headed with a nod of her head. He gave her a grin before going back to looking through the onesies, now with the twins as help as they wanted to see if they could find any they thought were funny. As she passed Bill, she slipped her hand into his and tugged him into following her, planning to apologize for what happened after he hugged her. It was quiet around them for a few moments as she let her gaze move over the different stuffed toys, glancing at him through the corner of her eye to see him watching her. "I wanted to say I'm sorry for my reaction to your hug earlier," she breathes running her fingers through the fur of a small stuffed bunny, letting a small, soft smile lift her lips for a moment.
"You have nothing to be sorry about, Rose," he whispers and she looked away from the stuffed owl she was petting to stare at him for a moment. "I had a feeling that something like that had happened to you but I was glad to have finally found my mate that I forgot until you froze in my arms. So, it was my fault you reacted that way."
They were both silent for a few more moments before Rose's keen hearing picked up on a loud argument from outside and her head snapped to the right. Her fingers tightened around Bill's just hard enough to keep him from pulling away when he noticed what had caught her attention and a deep growl vibrated out from his chest. Dumbledore, Arthur and Ron had stopped to argue almost exactly in front of the shop window and they didn't seem to notice that they were drawing attention to themselves, as well. Bill moved to pull away from her again and she could tell that his instincts were telling him to rip Ron to pieces so she slotted their fingers together, tightening her grip once more as she moved closer to his side.
"...-an we fix this?" she hears Arthur ask as she concentrate her hearing so she can overhear their conversation.
"There is no fixing this," Ron growls and Rose's grip on Bill's hand tightens even more than the first two times. "...-is whole situation has become impossible."
There was a smacking noise, like someone had hit Ron upside the head and a noise of outrage before she was able to hear Arhtur again. "...-ut up, boy, Albus always has a way to regain control in situations like this."
"We need to get Harry and Hermione back so they cannot be used against us," Dumbledore was saying and Rose was able to zone in on their conversation with very little trouble. "I'm sure that the moment Tom's child is gone, Harry will do whatever I want him to and Hermione can just go back to being Ron's toy so she's not a threat."
Those words caused her to snap and a wave of violent, angry magic sped towards the window they were standing on the other side of and it shattered outwards, spraying the three of them with sharp pieces of glass. Returning her attention to the toy display in front of her before the window was done shattering, she picked up a black dragon and a white wolf. "What do you think of these two, Bill?" she asks holding them so he could look at them.
He seemed more interested in staring at her with a gobsmacked expression on his face for the next few moments, a soft laugh leaving his lips at the curses that rose from the three injured Wizards outside. "They're perfect," he murmurs after giving the two stuffed animals a look over and she nodded, putting them both in one arm as she retook his hand.
They made their way back over to where the others were standing, seeming just as shocked by the angry display as Bill had been but Rose shook her head when Cerberus gave her a questioning look. "Tell you when we're no longer in a public space," she breathes and they all nod before heading towards the till to ring up what they had decided on getting.
Rose paid for the blankets and the two stuffies she'd picked out, telling Cerberus that they were gifts and she was buying them. He ended up having the same talk with Fred and George, as well, they won, too, which made Cerberus huffy, especially when Bill told him that he couldn't pay for the damage Rose had caused to the front window, either. "Just let your friends do what they want, Cerberus," Regulus chuckles when he joined them, setting a few pairs of baby booties on the counter to pay for, as well.
"You, too, dad?" he whines when the elder paid before Cerberus could say anything. "You know, I have yet to spend a single knut on anything for the nursery, everyone else is buying things for me."
"Should've realized what Rose was going to do when she took the blankets from you," Charlie breathes earning a mock-glare from the pregnant teen before they all stepped out into the Alley.
They were making their way back toward Gringott's when they noticed that the rest of their group waiting for them just in front of the stairs up to the large building. "Heading home?" Cerberus asks as he stops in front of Tom who gave a small nod, glaring over them and Rose had a very good idea of whom the look was directed at.
"Take a deep breath and hold on," Bill advised as he tightened his grip on Rose's hand and she moved so she was a little closer to him before it felt like she was was being pulled through a straw.
A couple of seconds later, she landed in a room she didn't recognize and felt a small wave of nausea roil in her stomach for a few moments. "Apparition sucks," she heard Cerberus groan and glanced away from the spot on the carpet she was concentrating on to make the sick feeling go away to see him holding onto Tom's waist, tight.
"Least you didn't puke this time," George snickers and Cerberus gave him the finger without moving his face away from the chest of Tom's robes.
"Pretty sure that his Lordship is extremely glad that didn't happen again," Fred added only to yelp in pain when he recieved a stinging hex to his rear from Molly.
"The two of you be nice," Rose murmurs handing Bill the bag from the shop and making her way over to Cerberus and Tom. "Cerberus, you want some tea, it should help?"
The other teen nodded and Tom gave her a nod as Cerberus pulled away from him only to lean on her for a couple of seconds and Darkness slithered down to the floor, returning to his original size. "Darkness will lead you to the parlor and I'll have one of the Elves send tea for the two of you," he says running his hand over the back of Cerberus' neck with a soft smile.
Rose nodded before Tom motioned for the rest of them to follow him in the opposite direction from where the large, black snake was headed and the two of them followed the snake. Her eyes widened at the large parlor they arrived in and they sat on the couch as Darkness coiled up in front of the fire, silver eyes focused on the door into the room. A house elf popped into the room, set the tea tray down on the coffee table before popping away. Rose was only a little surprised that the small being looked well-fed, well-groomed and had been wearing a proper uniform. "Not what you expected from a house elf owned by the Dark Lord, right?" Cerberus asks with a look of amusement and she chuckled, giving a shake of her head.
"Not at all," she hums giving an exagerated look around before giggling, "are you sure your Tom is Voldemort?"
"Pretty sure," he snickers getting a quiet laugh from someone entering the room and Rose turned to see Draco heading towards them. "Rose, you know Draco, Draco, this is your cousin, Rose Greyback."
Draco shook her hand before taking the open couch seat on the other side of Cerberus and quickly making himself a cup of tea in the empty cup that popped into existence on the tea tray. "You look a lot like Aunt Prim," he murmurs picking through the assorted treats on the plate for something he liked.
"Thank you," she breathes before lifting her tea up to her lips for a drink.
Cerberus set his drink back on the coffee table in front of them and turned his atention to Draco, a questioning look on his face. "So, is there going to be a little Malfoy-Rosier in the near future?" he asks after making sure that no one was coming into the parlor.
The blond teen went pink in the cheeks for a coupe of seconds before giving a nod, "In six and a half months, actually," he whispers taking a sip of his own tea. After that, the three of them settled into an easy conversation about decorating nurseries, how Draco should tell the twins and drifted on to other subjects by the time everyone else joined them.
