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Narcissa woke up the next morning, smiling softly at the girl still sleeping in her arms. Her daughter. Alicia was now officially her daughter.

Alicia Malfoy. Her daughter, Alicia Malfoy.

The girl woke up, looking up at Narcissa. First there was confusion on her face as to why exactly she was sleeping next to her Head of house, then she remembered and smiled "Good morning" She moved a bit closer to Narcissa, who smiled at how trusting the girl already was.

"Good morning dear" The blonde sat up and stretched her arms, stifling a yawn with her hand. "Slept well?' Alicia nodded and sat up as well, black curls falling over her shoulders as she leaned forward, wiping the sleep out of her eyes. Narcissa smiled softly "Ready for today?"

She nodded softly, though the girl's eyes seemed a bit doubtful. "What do you think people will say?"

Narcissa smiled and looked at Alicia "They will be surprised, some will say it's a move to gain back popularity from our side, some will think it's fake and just for some attention, and there will be people who think it's you trying to get higher marks in Defence against the dark arts." At Alicia's raised eyebrow the woman laughed "Yes, people are actually that stupid, getting adopted by a teacher so you can achieve a higher grade."

Both chuckled and got ready quickly, when it was time for breakfast Alicia was wearing her Slytherin uniform, after breakfast she would go to her dorm to collect her books for today's classes. She walked towards the Great hall with Narcissa, who put an arm around her shoulder, squeezing it softly as a sign of support.

Mail hadn't arrived yet and they both sat down, Alicia with her friends at Slytherin table, who gave her questioning looks as to where she had been last night, Narcissa next to Minerva, who smiled at her. The blonde had told her friend about the plan to adopt Alicia after the conversation she had had with the girl, she smiled back and whispered "Lucius agreed, we went to the ministry last night."

Barely able to hide her excitement, Narcissa focused on filling her plate with brioche and some toast, looking at Minerva expectantly, who smiled and looked over to Alicia. "So I assume it will be in the papers today?" The blonde nodded and looked up when the first owls flew into the hall.

A few minutes later it was a chaos, all the students looking at either Narcissa or Alicia, shouting questions and pointing at the news article. Narcissa sighed and looked at the girl, her daughter, and smiled softly at her. Next to her, Albus Dumbledore stood up and got the hall silent without afford, she continued eating, ignoring the stares and looking at Alicia regularly to see how she was doing.

Narcissa smiled proudly when her daughter was doing the exact same thing.

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"Yes, her last name is Malfoy, and yes mr. Rosier she's my daughter. Now SILENCE."

Narcissa didn't raised her voice often like that and the class got silent immediately. She always tried not to, knowing it made some students uncomfortable.

Classes had been horrible today, during every lesson, at least every five minutes someone would ask about Alicia and she didn't know how long it would be before they'd stop. Obviously the blonde understood it was a big thing, but honestly didn't they read the article?

She just hoped it was better for Alicia, but Narcissa feared she was wrong.

During sixth period, Alicia herself walked into the classroom, followed by her fellow second year Slytherins, and the group of Ravenclaws. Everyone seemed to look expectantly at her and Alicia but Narcissa sighed softly and simply started class. "As homework you had to write a half feet on the Protego charm, I want the essays at my desk now. Who has failed to complete the assignment?"

Their last lesson had been just two days ago, but as it was just half a feet, she didn't expect more than 7 out of twenty students who raised their hand, under which Alicia. "All of you, detention in my office at eight pm after dinner. Bring just a quill and some ink."

A lot of students seemed to be surprised and Narcissa looked around expectantly. "What's the matter, it's the usual when you don't make an assignment."

A ravenclaw raised his hand "Even your own daughter?" And the woman closed her eyes for a short while before answering.

"Yes of course, even my daughter. If she didn't complete the assignment, she receives a detention, like everyone in this classroom, why would it be different? She's my daughter, and my student." Alicia blushed slightly, though it was barely noticeable due to her dark skin, but she simply looked at the student, her eyebrows raised. The boy had no answer.

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A couple of weeks after the adoption, it seemed like most people had grown used to Alicia often staying with her new mother, or seeing them together. It was a huge relief for both of them to be able to walk somewhere without all the stares.

And then the invitation came.

It was send to both Alicia and her, inviting both of them to come to Black manor to visit Cygnus. It stated that the man wanted to get to know his dear granddaughter, and Narcissa sighed softly, she knew they would have to go as disobeying her father only made matters worse. She just hoped he would only punish her for it, not Alicia.

Before it was time to leave, said girl asked curiously why Narcissa seemed so nervous, scared almost. The woman sighed softly "I don't have time to explain a lot, but you have to be careful around my father. He's not a kind man. I'll explain when we return okay?" Alicia nodded softly, standing closer to her mother.

Minutes later they were standing in front of Black Manor. Narcissa had an arm wrapped around Alicia and knocked at the door stiffly, it was opened by a house elf who lead them to the large livingroom. The blonde sat down on the dark red sofa and Alicia sat close beside her, resting her head on the woman's shoulder. The elf spoke with an annoying high voice "Master will be coming soon, mistress Narcissa."

She nodded and dismissed the elf, not before noticing the deep cut across its back when it turned around. It seemed like she was not the only one having to deal with Cygnus' anger.

Two years ago her mother had passed away, it was all over the papers what could have happened to the still fairly young woman, but her husband had not wanted to answer any questions, stating that he was too overwhelmed to think about it at the time. Now it was long forgotten and only their three daughters knew for almost certain what had happened. If someone had even told Bellatrix of course.

For a healthy, 45 year old woman to die, seemingly without cause, who had lived with Cygnus Black her whole life? Nothing but murder.

Narcissa shivered slightly at the thought, not that she missed her mother that much, of course not. Druella had been far from innocent in her daughters' treatments, and not just because she too was scared of the man she married. It was the thought that her father had actually killed her, all those years that had been one of the only sources of hope. That father would never kill them, it would give too much bad publicity.

And yet he did.

The woman felt Alicia pulling her arm a bit and she looked up to see Cygnus standing in the doorway. He looked angry, but what scared her the most was that this time the anger was not only directed at her. Alicia. "A mudblood. You took in, a mudblood." Narcissa nodded, holding an arm in front of Alicia protectively while looking at her father.

His voice was trilling with anger. "How dare you. Shaming our name like that, how DARE YOU!" The woman flinched when he yelled the last words and the man chuckled darkly. "Still scared, darling?"

He loved scaring her. Just as much as actually hurting her, he could simply sit at her bed all night, just to show that he could, that she was not safe no matter where. And it terrified her.

Cygnus pulled his wand and pointed it at the mother and daughter in front of him. "Step aside Narcissa." But he didn't wait for her to do anything as he simply blasted her away with a flick of his wand. Alicia looked terrified at the man in front of her and he smirked.

"This is what we do with the bad spots of the family." He raised his wand again, this time pointing at the small girl in front of him, she shook her head softly. Narcissa stood up shakingly, having hit her head rather hard against the wall but she looked at her father with a mix of fear and rage.

"No."

Cygnus looked up surprised, not used to being talked back to, especially not from his daughter. "No?"

"Not my daughter." This must be what Bella had done all those years. Narcissa had never understood how Bella could not be scared to protect her and Meda, but now she knew. She was still terrified of the man in front of her, but the fear of losing her daughter was bigger than the fear of her father. No one hurt her daughter.

Narcissa took her wand as well, but Cygnus was quicker and casted Sectum Sempra at Alicia. The girl screamed loudly, blood streaming out of a deep wound on her leg. The woman disarmed him quickly, stupefying him for now as she turned to Alicia. "It's okay darling.. Vulnera Sementur." The wound healed but the girl still looked terrified, she was crying. It broke Narcissa's heart to know she couldn't do anything, not yet.

The blonde turned back to Cygnus, knowing she could not kill him, not in front of her daughter. But seeing him here, standing in front of her without wand, completely at her mercy, she couldn't do nothing either. "Amnesia Completa."

He wouldn't remember. Nothing at all, not his name, his wife, not her. Narcissa lifted the stunning spell and threw him against one of the walls, he'd be out for about half an hour, more than enough time for her and her daughter to leave without a trail.

She almost ran towards Alicia and hugged the young girl "I'm so sorry dear.." but the girl shook her head and simply hugged her tight. Narcissa lifted her up in her arms and casted a few spells to clean up all possible evidence. For now extremely grateful Lucius and Bella had taken the time to teach them.

Then they were gone.

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The next morning it was in the papers, Cygnus Black had lost his memory because of a mysterious attacker.

Narcissa played the part as well as she could, a few fake tears, stating how devastated she was that he didn't remember anything, not even her, not even Druella, whom he had loved so much. A visit to the hospital and saying how much it hurt to know that even after all the time they had spent together, her father saw her as any other stranger.

Alicia stayed with her for over a week, as did Lucius and Draco. The girl was still shaken after what had happened and it seemed like only Narcissa could comfort her, which she gladly did. She had send a letter to Bellatrix, and even one to Andromeda. Though she had no idea if Bella even received things send to her, and Meda would probably tear apart the envelope without bothering to open it.

It hurt more than it should, that thought.

Lucius had told her how proud he was so many times that she was actually starting to believe it. In her eyes it wasn't like she had any other choice, the man hurt her daughter, what kind of mother would let that happen.

When she said that, Alicia looked at her smiling softly "I'm really your daughter?.." She sounded hopeful, and Narcissa nodded, pulling the girl closer against her and kissing her forehead.

"You're my daughter, of course you are."