Title / A Twist of Fate
Rated / T.
Summary / A baby was asked to be left under Hermione Granger's care. The letter had written clearly, "Please, that's all I'm asking. I will come back when the time is right." She recognizes the writing anywhere.
Warning / This might sound familiar.
Disclaimer / I don't own Harry Potter.

Chapter 10

"Momma, is daddy going to be with us forever?" Scorpius asked one day. Draco was out, clearing up some information with the Daily Prophet and Narcissa was back in the Manor, redecorating for the upcoming Christmas event.

"Yes, yes he is, Scorpius," Hermione promised as she knelt down to look at him in the eyes, "daddy knows he made a stupid mistake by leaving you and he's trying to make up for it."

"Did daddy give this to you, momma?" Scorpius asked as he fingered the ITEM Draco had returned to her.

"No he didn't, he found it for me." Hermione explained, smiling softly. "Momma lost it and daddy found it and fixed it for me when he was gone."

"Daddy good then?" Scorpius' bottom lip jutted out as he looked into her hazel eyes with wide and innocent grey eyes.

Hermione didn't know the answer to that. Sooner or later, the blonde boy in front of her is going to hear about his father's history and he'll know nothing of it. That's going to cause the others to tease him more about it.

Hermione sighed and looked at the boy seriously. "Daddy did a couple of bad things in the past, Scorpius, but daddy is good. Don't let others tell you otherwise."

"I think," someone said behind her, "that would be an understatement."

Silent tension hung around the air as Hermione bit her bottom lip and looked towards the floor whilst Scorpius looked confused. The man walked towards them with a light strut and stopped a few steps away from them.

"Draco," she sighed whilst standing up to face him, "you are a good man."

"Not good enough to allow people to forget what happened." Draco bit back.

Hermione was about to retort when she felt a tug on her skirt. She looked down and was met by the same eyes, only it was on a child. She ran her fingers through his well-cared, short, platinum blonde hair and looked back at Draco. "I think it's time for you to tell him, Draco."

"He's three, Mia." The name was unfamiliar to Scorpius therefore he frowned.

"Better now than later." Hermione pulled the two of them to the couch and sat down. She pulled Scorpius onto her lap and gestured for Draco to pull a couch over. And so he did.

"Scorpius, please understand that I never wanted to be a part of that," Draco sighed while Scorpius watched on confusedly as his guardian gave his father a supportive squeeze when interlacing their fingers.

"I was part of a group. A bad group, Scorpius. The leader thought that people who are in any relations to muggles shouldn't be allowed to learn or live with magic. For example, momma." Draco explained. "I was forced to kill and force to watch others being tortured."

Hermione felt her eyes water at that moment, she remembered that he was there, watching as she was being tortured. She felt a squeeze on her hand and looked at the blonde man in front of her. She smiled halfheartedly and nodded for him to continue.

"We were called the Death Eaters." Here, Draco showed his faint Dark Mark and his fist curled up, as if dreading another uninvited call any moment. Scorpius looked at Hermione and back at the hand before reaching out to trace it. Draco retracted his arm immediately, as if he was being burnt, but when he saw that quiver of his son's bottom lip, he hesitantly reached his arm out again. "That's why daddy left. My daddy wasn't good. I didn't trust myself to care for you because I thought I will become him, so I gave you to momma."

"But daddy good now?" Scorpius said quietly and pleadingly. "Daddy good now, right momma?"

"Yes," Hermione whispered, looking at Draco, "daddy is good now."

Draco looked at her with watery eyes and mouthed 'thank you'. She smiled softly and shook her head as Scorpius crawled onto his father's lap to embrace him.

"Scorpius is sorry," he mumbled against Draco's shoulder, "I didn't mean to push daddy away."

"I don't blame you, Scorpius." Draco said. Hermione smiled and squeezed Draco's hand, mouthing the words 'I love you' with her mouth.

He returned the smile and mouthed the same words back just as Scorpius detached from him. "Get ready! Party with Uncle Harry and Uncle Ron!"

Hermione and Draco laughed at the outburst from Scorpius and got up to get ready.

"I get presents!" Scorpius laughed as he clapped his hands together while running to his room to get changed.

Hermione giggled and looked at Draco, who was looking after his son's back with utter adoration. "You did great, Draco." She said softly.

"Thank you," he said as he turned back to look at her. Then, he smirked, "I think we still have say, ten minutes or so? We could use that time to do something productive."

Hermione laughed and pushed him towards the stairs, "Nice try Draco, but no. Now, hurry up!"

He mocked hurt and walked solemnly upstairs. "Come on, Draco." Hermione laughed. "You have all the time in the world to spend with me later."

He smirked and chuckled. "I'll take that as a promise."

She laughed and pushed him up the stairs to get ready.

Author's note / WOOOT. Epilogue should be up soon in a chappie or two :) OH and before you go on and on about the chapters are short, this isn't supposed to be long chaptered ones.. i did long chapters for a few i think but this story was meant to be short and to the point okay? If it does not sit well with you then, sorry.

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