Hey all! February is such a short month so I'm giving you lovely lot an update today so you get your two updates this month. I'm expecting my hours at work to start going up next month but I'm ahead on all my stories. Big thanks to everyone reading this. Hope you had a great Valentine's Day.

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Hidden Child-Part 10:

Narcissa had been at the Manor and Lucius had been at the Ministry but both were at Hogwarts within minutes of hearing about the duel between the brother and sister. Narcissa was the first to arrive and hurried to Lyra's side as she could see the bloody tissues on the floor.

"Lyra!" she said shocked and instantly pushed Madam Pomfrey out of the way to get to her daughter. She saw the cut across her daughter's cheek and then looked at Draco, "what did you do to her?"

"She started it by attacking my girlfriend," Draco said.

"So you just attack your sister? Draco, as your mother, I am very disappointed in you."

"So now you want to be my mother?" Draco asked. Narcissa turned to face her son,

"I have always been your mother Draco," Narcissa said, "even though I have spent most of my time with Lyra. But that does not mean you hex your sister so bad that her cheek won't stop bleeding."

"Now now 'Cissa…he's only doing what I'd have done if someone was trying to hex you," came Lucius' voice as he walked into the Hospital Wing followed by Snape and Zenon.

"That does not give him the rights to cause his sister an injury Lucius. She's going to need a blood replenishing potion now and probably a couple of days in the Hospital Wing," Narcissa said as she watched Zenon walk over to Lyra and held her hand before Lucius walked over and went to grab the boy's arm but the Headmaster got in the way,

"Zenon is the only friend that your daughter has had since she arrived at Hogwarts and right now she needs a friend," he said before looking around at Narcissa who was trying to stop the bleeding but was failing and she actually starting to get a little hysterical; her cool exterior failing as her daughter was seriously injured.

Dumbledore watched for a few more seconds before he hurried over to Lyra and rested his hand on her cheek and mumbled a few words before gently lifting his hand away from her face and watching before the bleeding began to stop and eventually stopped and Narcissa sat down with Lyra before Professor McGonagall walked in.

"How many more people are going to get involved?" Lucius asked, "it's just a bit of sibling rivalry that's got out of hand."

"Because of the way you have raised the children," the Transfiguration professor said, "you and your wife have raised the children so that they don't care what the other parent thinks because Lucius has only worried about Draco and Narcissa has only worried about Lyra and that's where the problems have come."

Lucius and Narcissa both looked at each other and then at their children.

"Draco is the heir to the Malfoy Manor therefore he takes priority over anyone and especially a daughter," Lucius said.

"And Lyra is as much of a Malfoy as Draco is," Narcissa said, "we always said that Draco was the prince and Lyra the princess and that was the end of the matter."

"Well it's not Lyra who's going to be keeping the Malfoy name alive is it?" Lucius questioned, "it's Draco."

"You've hated Lyra from the moment she was born because she wasn't another son for you and this needs to stop because the children are clearly realising that," Narcissa said before watching as Lucius rushed over to Lyra and stopped her falling out of the bed.

"Where is that replenishing potion? She really needs it!" Lucius said and Narcissa watched, stood with Draco wondering why Lucius was suddenly showing an interest in Lyra's health. Maybe he'd suddenly realised how much he had hurt his daughter and then eventually his wife. Yes Lucius and Narcissa had had an arranged marriage but they now truly loved each other.

Lucius soothed Lyra as she was given the potion before she pushed him away.

"You hate me!" she said causing Narcissa to start to move towards her daughter before being stopped by Dumbledore.

"I don't hate you Lyra. The truth is I'm not good with you because you're a girl and I've only even known how to raise a son," Lucius sighed, "I just left you to your mother because I saw you were a girl and panicked. I focused on Draco when I should have spotted you needed your father too."

Lyra just looked at her father,

"Don't pretend you care because everyone is watching you," Lyra said before laying down and turning away from her father.

"But I do care Lyra. I just can't show it because I don't know how to," Lucius sighed, "I will try better with you. It may take a while but you are my child too."

"Same with Draco," Narcissa said, "I know I raised Draco before Lyra came along but, with Lucius pushing Lyra onto me, I had to shift my focus onto Lyra and I guess I lost my touch with Draco and left him to Lucius and just focussed on Lyra."

"If I didn't care about Lyra then I wouldn't have agreed to hide her to keep her safe during the War," Lucius said before Lyra turned and looked at him and just watched him. It was clear that she was thinking about her parents' words before Lucius noticed Zenon.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" he asked.

"I'm Zenon Jacobs sir. Your daughter's best and only friend," Zenon replied standing up, "and the one who was by your daughter's side when the duel began. I tried to talk some sense into Draco but I just couldn't."

"So you're the half-blood that befriended my pureblood daughter?" Lucius said looking down at the boy who was trying to stand his ground.

"I don't care about that. The fact is I am the only person to see beyond the noble Malfoy name and befriend Lyra," Zenon said. He could see that Narcissa and Draco were over by Lyra and the mother was holding her daughter close, hoping that Lucius would allow their friendship to continue.

"Fine. I shall see how this goes but if there is any threat to the Malfoy name then you will have to stay away from my daughter. Are we clear?" Lucius asked.

"Yes sir. Crystal clear," Zenon said before Lucius told him to leave and he told Lyra that he would visit soon before he exited the Hospital Wing.

Lyra looked at her father before he went and sat in a chair.

"Things need to change around here. Myself and your mother love you both the same and we will work together but Draco and Lyra you need to stop the rivalry," Lucius said, "and work together. We need to start being united and working together as a family and not divided down the middle as we are because that won't help anyone at all."

Lyra nodded before settling down against her father and closed her eyes as she began to fall asleep.

"I want to stay in Hogsmeade for a while. We need to see them both and repair relationships," Narcissa said, "we'll have to ask permission but it can be done."

"We have to do whatever it takes Narcissa," Lucius said, "we have a lot of damage to repair, a lot of damage."