The enemy takes on a familiar form

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Chapter 14- Last Chapter

Teddy pointed his wand this time at Cassia and spoke the counter spell and sure enough Cassia was back to her normal self, she quickly high fived Teddy and sprinted over to where Harry was standing and threw off the invisibility cloak and happily held on to her mother who had also changed fully back.

Hermione held on to Cassia and let the tears fall "I am so proud of you Cassia."

Cassia cried herself but knew the reunion between her and her mother would have to wait a little longer as she knew that her parents had a lot of talking to do, which caused Cassia to look around and realise that Ronald Weasley hadn't been brought to the party.

Cassia had a bad feeling and ran back inside the castle with only one thing on her mind….Scorpius.

Teddy followed his cousins' lead and knew that something had clearly crossed her mind and could tell by her whole body language that the thought was not a pleasant one.

Cassia and now Teddy both ran towards the Slytherin dungeons only to see Ronald Weasley being brought out of the potions classroom by Mad-eye and other aurors, Cassia watched him as Ron actually tried to attack her but physically couldn't but the attempt still made Cassia jump and carry on thinking about her brother.

However the Slytherin common room was empty which fuelled Cassia's worst nightmare even more as she started to think to herself that somehow they had managed to hurt Scorpius and it was all her fault as she hadn't been there to keep him safe like an older sibling should.

Cassia and Teddy headed back towards the front of the castle where everyone was still comforting Hermione and Draco trying to form an apology that would be worthy of her.

Cassia whipped out her wand and pointed it at both Lavender and Ronald "WHERE IS HE?"

Minerva looked at her student "who is missing Cassia?"

Cassia tried to not let the tears fall "Scorpius is missing."

Lavender just looked at the Malfoy witch "I haven't touched him."

Mad-eye looked at Cassia "Weasley hasn't been out of my sight."

Teddy placed his hand on his cousins' shoulder and told her that Scorpius had probably just gone for a walk around the castle and they would find him or he would find them; just as the aurors were apparating with Lavender and Ron Scorpius timed his entrance perfectly alongside James Potter.

Teddy pointed the pair out to Cassia, the pair started to laugh, of course Scorpius would have gone off with James to have a good look around the castle and probably sneak a peek inside the others house common room.

Teddy smiled "never would have looked inside the scarlet tower of the Slytherin heir."

Cassia nodded and smiled "he gets that from me."

Everyone walked inside the castle and headed for the great hall so that everything could be explained and sorted out as the Malfoy family had no idea what would happen now and it frightened both Narcissa and Hermione to know that when they all leave the castle there is was a very slim chance that the Malfoy family might not be a whole.

~ Great Hall ~

Hermione tried to delicately explain what had happened to Scorpius who was handling the situation very well, he did have questions like anyone would which they all tried to answer but after the conversation was over all he did was throw himself at his mother and held on to her tightly.

Narcissa stood up and looked at everyone "maybe we should all leave Hermione and Draco alone so they can talk and work everything out."

Lucius nodded in agreement "good idea Cissa, we'll see you both at the Manor when you have come to an agreement."

Cassia felt her heart sink a little when she realised that her parents might not be able to move forward as a couple. Lucius could tell that his granddaughter was on the verge of tears again and wrapped his arm around her whispering to her that they would work everything out and not to worry.

Everyone left the great hall, Hermione stared at Draco but Draco couldn't look at her in the eye; he felt so ashamed that he had been played and used.

Hermione knew that none of it had been Draco's fault, she knew that both Lavender and Ron had gone to extreme lengths to keep their plan going for as long as they could, she felt her heart break as the wizard in front of her had turned back into the scared little boy she knew all those years ago afraid of disappointing his family.

Hermione knelt down in front of him "Draco none of this was your fault."

Draco shook his head and still refused to look at her "I should have known Hermione Merlin's beard I should have known."

Hermione held his hands "how huh, she used a polyjuice potion mixed with dark magic and combined all that with my amortentia; Draco not even the strongest or most powerful wizard can stand against that. I do not hate you as I know it was not your fault we got tricked and thankfully we have a very stubborn daughter who would not listen to adults and who could see right through everything and tried her hardest to solve it."

Draco got up and walked away "I should have seen through it Hermione, it should have been me who solved it."

Hermione remembered the boy who had saved her and her friends at Malfoy Manor all those years ago when they had been captured, the Draco Malfoy who had been scared about losing everything that he loved.

Hermione carefully walked up behind him as not to spook him and gently wrapped her loving arms around him, she used their actual bond to calm him and fill him with warmth and love. Draco felt himself become calmer and placed his hands on top of Hermione's.

Hermione laid her head against his back "I still love you Draco."

Draco let his head hang down as he knew he was not worthy of a woman like Hermione "I don't deserve you Hermione or our children."

Hermione squeezed him then spun him around and without giving him a chance to argue softly kissed him letting their bond to all the talking.

~ Malfoy manor ~

Cassia was sitting by her window just staring out into the darkness as night time fell over, she heard her door squeak open and a soft little knock giving the person away as she knew it would be her brother.

Cassia patted the space next to her "c'mon Scorp."

The Malfoy siblings sat in silence and stared out of the window both knowing what the other was thinking; that their parents would come home and they would continue to be a family.

Scorpius glanced over at his big sister "Cassi what if."

Cassia shook her head "No what ifs trust me, they'll work it out they practically have to for the sake of their bond."

Scorpius hugged his sister "I hope so too."

Darkness fell over the manor as it got later into the night and still no return of Draco or Hermione, the siblings had fallen asleep in Cassia's room as they had both tried to stay awake to hear the return of their parents. Nevertheless they had not been the only ones, Narcissa and Lucius were still awake and waiting for the arrival of their son and daughter in law.

Narcissa looked at her husband "we have a very intelligent granddaughter."

Lucius nodded "indeed we do however she was reckless and could have gotten hurt."

Narcissa sighed "I agree with you Lucius but if we had listened to her then we could have helped her; we were all too obsessed with looking at dark and extreme magic and didn't even think to look into simple child magic."

Lucius looked at the family photo that sat proudly on his desk in his office "Cassia is very much like her mother but I do see some of Draco in her."

Narcissa softly smiled "Not wanting to disappoint her family, doing her very hardest not to let anyone down sound like anyone we raised."

Lucius nodded "we all know that Draco and especially Hermione had to grow up so quickly that we did not want that to happen with Cassia and Scorpius."

Narcissa was about to reply to her husband when they both heard the floo open in the library, the pair were on their feet with their wands out ready to defend their grandchildren but as they were millimetres from the office doors they heard the faint talking of Hermione and Draco.

Narcissa looked at Lucius who in turn was looking at his wife the only problem was that the older couple could not hear what the young couple were saying which annoyed them but to the both of them it was a good sign that they were not only talking but had come back to the manor together.

Hermione in hushed tone "we should head to bed and talk to everyone in the morning."

Draco nodded and placed his arm around her shoulders "I really don't deserve you Hermione."

Hermione kissed his cheek "well our magic chose the other for a reason and we have the rest of our lives to carry on finding out."

The young pair failed to notice the smirking face of a certain elder Malfoy wizard who disappeared from his portrait in search of his son.

~ Next morning ~

Narcissa was trying her hardest not to blurt out what Abraxas had shared with her and Lucius last night but she knew that Hermione and Draco should be the ones to tell the family and not a nosey old man.

Cassia and Scorpius tried their hardest not to run into the dining room and to also hide their disappointment when there was no sign of their parents.

Scorpius looked down "they aren't here."

Narcissa took a sip of her tea "they got in very late last night sweetie; they'll talk to us when they are ready."

Scorpius whipped his head up and looked up at his grandmother "they are here, together?"

Narcissa nodded "yes now it might be some while before we see them so have some breakfast."

It was only a few minutes into breakfast that Draco and Hermione joined the rest of their family in the dining room; everyone turned their attention to them as they witnessed the young couple standing in the doorway hand in hand.

Hermione smiled "before everyone starts asking a million questions, we talked about everything even things that happened when we were children and decided that we have come this far and our magic chose each other so we must listen to our magic and let is guide us together."

Draco wrapped his arms lovingly around Hermione "I really don't deserve you but I guess you are stuck with me."

Hermione held on to him "you're stuck with me too Draco."

The pair's magic started to swirl around them and once again lifted them up off the ground as the bond grew stronger and tried to repair any damage that had occurred while they had been apart.

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